γέεννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם‎ (gēhinnṓm, “the valley of Hinnom”), from גַּיְא‎ (gáyʾ, “valley”) and הִנֹּם‎ (hinnṓm, “Hinnom”). The Hinnom Valley was a valley on the southern border of Jerusalem where refuse and the bodies of people denied a proper burial were burned. According to tradition, child sacrifices also took place in this valley. In most usages, this is an allegorical reference to hell.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.en.na/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.ɛn.na/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣe.en.na/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.en.na/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.e.na/

Proper noun

γέεννᾰ • (géenna) f (genitive γεέννης); first declension

Gehenna
hell

Declension

First declension of ἡ γέεννᾰ; τῆς γεέννης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γέεννᾰ hē géenna	τὼ γεέννᾱ tṑ geénnā	αἱ γέενναι hai géennai
Genitive	τῆς γεέννης tês geénnēs	τοῖν γεένναιν toîn geénnain	τῶν γεεννῶν tôn geennôn
Dative	τῇ γεέννῃ têi geénnēi	τοῖν γεένναιν toîn geénnain	ταῖς γεένναις taîs geénnais
Accusative	τὴν γέεννᾰν tḕn géennan	τὼ γεέννᾱ tṑ geénnā	τᾱ̀ς γεέννᾱς tā̀s geénnās
Vocative	γέεννᾰ géenna	γεέννᾱ geénnā	γέενναι géennai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek

Noun

γέεννα • (géenna) f (uncountable)

hell, gehenna (one of various hells in Abrahamic religions)

Declension

Declension of γέεννα (géenna)

	singular
nominative	γέεννα •
genitive	γέεννας •
accusative	γέεννα •
vocative	γέεννα •

Synonyms

Κόλαση f (Kólasi)
Τάρταρα n pl (Tártara)
Άδης n pl (Ádis)

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γέεννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Descendants

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Noun

Declension

Synonyms