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Lexicon :: Strong's H2011 - hinnōm

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הִנֹּם
Transliteration
hinnōm
Pronunciation
hin-nome'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

הִנֹּם Hinnôm, hin-nome'; probably of foreign origin; Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite:—Hinnom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2011 in the following manner: Hinnom (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2011 in the following manner: Hinnom (13x).

  1. Hinnom = "lamentation"

    1. a valley (deep and narrow ravine) with steep, rocky sides located southwest of Jerusalem, separating Mount Zion to the north from the hill of evil counsel' and the sloping rocky plateau of the 'plain of Rephaim' to the south

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הִנֹּם Hinnôm, hin-nome'; probably of foreign origin; Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite:—Hinnom.
STRONGS H2011: Abbreviations
† הִנֹּם proper name, masculine (derivation & meaning dubious; according to Sim Bö Gf and others = wailing, Arabic from cries of children (see below), but this improbable) — only in גֵּי(גֵּיא)בֶןהֿ׳, & abbreviated ה׳ ג׳, proper name, of a location of valley south of Jerusalem, ( φάραγγα Ὀνομ Joshua 15:8 (twice in verse) Σονναμ Joshua 18:16; Ταιεννα Joshua 18:16; Ταιβενθομ 2 Chronicles 28:3, φάρ. Βενεννομ; γὲ βανὲ Ἑννομ) 2 Chronicles 33:6, γῇ Βενεννομ; elsewhere usually φάρ. (υιὁῦ) Ἑννομ) — compare below גַּיְא; — as mere topographical term גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם, boundary between Judah & Benjamin Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; also גֵּי ה׳ Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16 (all P) compare Nehemiah 11:30; elsewhere always בֶןהֿ׳ גּ׳ (2 Kings 23:10 Kt has גּי בני הנם, Qr & singular), & always with reference to the sacrifice of children by fire, 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:6; Jeremiah 7:31, 32; Jeremiah 19:2, 6; Jeremiah 32:35; on account of this inhuman & idolatrous practice it was abhorred by priest & prophet, & defiled by Josiah; this conception afterward developed, through Isaiah 66:24, into Jewish Gehinnom (compare WeberSynagog. Theol. 326 ff. DiBuch Henoch. 131 f.) & NT γέεννα. On locality compare RobBR ii. 273 f. ToblTopogr. ii 39 ff. BdPal 103; modern name (of lower half of valley, toward southeast) Wady er-Rabâbi.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:8; 15:8; 15:8; 18:16; 18:16; 18:16; 18:16

2 Kings

23:10; 23:10

2 Chronicles

28:3; 28:3; 33:6; 33:6

Nehemiah

11:30

Isaiah

66:24

Jeremiah

7:31; 7:32; 19:2; 19:6; 32:35