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Meaning of gehenna | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ɡeˈ(ɦ)ɛn.na]

Definitions

  1. the Hinnom Valley (a valley near Jerusalem where children were immolated for Moloch)
  2. Gehenna, hell

Equivalents

العربية الهاوية جهنم
Čeština džehenna gehenna
Deutsch Gehenna Gehinnom
Ελληνικά γέεννα
English gehenna hell
Español Gehena
Français géhenna géhenne
Magyar gyehenna
Italiano geenna
日本語 ゲヘナ 地獄
Kurdî cehennem hell
Nederlands Gehenna
Polski gehenna
Português geena
Română gheenă
Kiswahili jahanamu
Türkmençe jähennem
Türkçe cehennem

Examples

“Ego autem dico vobis quia omnis qui irascitur fratri suo reus erit iudicio qui autem dixerit fratri suo racha reus erit concilio qui autem dixerit fatue reus erit gehennae ignis.”

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. ― World English Bible translation

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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