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Lexicon :: Strong's H2011 - hinnōm

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הִנֹּם
Transliteration
hinnōm
Pronunciation
hin-nome'
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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 bdb024404 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, (Greek Version of the LXX φάραγγα Ὀνομ Joshua 15:8 (twice in verse) Σονναμ Joshua 18:16; Ταιεννα Joshua 18:16; Ταιβενθομ 2 Chronicles 28:3, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) φάρ. Βενεννομ; γὲ βανὲ Ἑννομ) 2 Chronicles 33:6, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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 & Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H2011

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2011 matches the Hebrew הִנֹּם (hinnōm),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:3 - and he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering,[fn] according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:32 - Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:2 - and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - therefore, behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
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