Géenna — G1067

Definition

feminine noun

valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment

1. others regard it as the natural symbol of penalty
2. Meyer (Thol.) Wetstein on

Usually translated as

hell

Origin

of Hebrew origin (H1516 and H2011)

Hebrew equivalents

• Gayʼ (H1516)
• Hinnôm (H2011)

Occurrences

Géenna occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (7), Mark (3), Luke (1), James (1)

• Matthew 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell (γέενναν) fire.
• Matthew 5:29 — And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell (γέενναν).
• Matthew 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell (γέενναν).
• Matthew 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (γεέννῃ).
• Matthew 18:9 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell (γέενναν) fire.
• Matthew 23:15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell (γεέννης) than yourselves.
• Matthew 23:33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell (γεέννης)?
• Mark 9:43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell (γέενναν), into the fire that never shall be quenched:
• Mark 9:45 — And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell (γέενναν), into the fire that never shall be quenched:
• Mark 9:47 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell (γέενναν) fire:
• Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell (γέενναν); yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell (γεέννης).