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GEHENNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gehenna mean?
• GEHENNA (noun)
The noun GEHENNA has 1 sense:
1. a place where the wicked are punished after death
Familiarity information: GEHENNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A place where the wicked are punished after death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Gehenna; Tartarus
Hypernyms ("Gehenna" is a kind of...):
Hell; infernal region; Inferno; nether region; perdition; pit ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment)
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