BIBLE DICTIONARY
Gehenna

= the valley of Hinnom. South of Jerusalem, the scene of Moloch worship (2 Chr. 28: 3; 2 Chr. 33: 6; Jer. 7: 31; Jer. 19: 2-6); polluted by Josiah (2 Kgs. 23: 10); afterwards a place in which the refuse of the city was burned, and for that reason it was symbolical of the place of torment after death (see Matt. 5: 29-30; Matt. 10: 28; Matt. 23: 15, 33; Mark 9: 43, 45; Luke 12: 5; James 3: 6).