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gĕhenna , ae, f., = γέεννα (Hebrew, Ge-Hinnom, Ge-Ben-Hinnom), a valley near Jerusalem where children were offered to Moloch;
I.hence, transf.,hell, Vulg. Matt. 5, 22 sq.; 10, 28; 18, 9 al.; Tert. Apol. 47; Prud. Cath. 6, 111; 11, 112; Aus. Ephem. ap. Orat. 56 et saep.—
II. Deriv. gĕhen-nālis , e, hellish, of hell: “incendium,Cassiod. Amic. 22, § 32: “poenae,id. ib. 24, § 4.
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