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Tophet

noun
To·​phet | \ ˈtō-fət How to pronounce Tophet (audio) \

Definition of Tophet

: hell, gehenna
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Examples of Tophet in a Sentence

a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside

First Known Use of Tophet

14th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Tophet

Middle English, shrine south of ancient Jerusalem where human sacrifices were performed to Moloch in Jeremiah 7:31, Gehenna, from Late Latin Topheth, from Hebrew tōpheth

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