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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.
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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 it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - He desecrated Topheth, which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, so no one could use it to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire to Molek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:3 - He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:32 - So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:2 - and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:6 - So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek, though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind—that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.
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