Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In the Bible, a place outside Jerusalem where the Canaanites offered children as sacrifices to Moloch.
- noun The place where wicked souls are punished after death; Hell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place situated at the southeastern extremity of Gehenna, or Valley of Hinnom, to the south of Jerusalem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun biblical A location near
Jerusalem in the valley ofGehenna where children were burned alive as sacrifice. - noun A
hellish place.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The spot was sometimes entitled Tophet, a place of abhorrence; its name being derived, as some think, from a word meaning to vomit with loathing, or, as others suppose, from a word signifying drum, because drums were beaten to drown the shrieks of the burning children.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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This was done in Tophet, to signify two things: -- (1.)
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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"Now" (says God) "since that blessed reformation, when Tophet was defiled, did not proceed as it ought to have done, nor prove a thorough reformation, but though the idols in Tophet were abolished and made odious those in Jerusalem remained, therefore will I do with the city as Josiah did by Tophet, fill it with the bodies of men, and make it a heap of rubbish."
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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In the latter sense Tophet is the receptacle "prepared for the devil (antitype to the king, Isa 14: 12-15) and his angels," and unbelieving men (Mt 5: 22;
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“They have built high places in Tophet, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, in order to pass their sons and daughters through the fire.”
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
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