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
 

Proper noun

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

  1. Gehenna
  2. hell
    • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 23:33:
      ὄφεις! γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν! πῶς φύγητε ἀπὸ τῆς κρίσεως τῆς γεέννης?
      ópheis! gennḗmata ekhidnôn! pôs phúgēte apò tês kríseōs tês geénnēs?
      Snakes! Offspring of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of 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

Further reading

Greek

Noun

γέεννα • (géenna) f (uncountable)

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

Declension
Declension of γέεννα (géenna)
singular
nominative γέεννα •
genitive γέεννας •
accusative γέεννα •
vocative γέεννα •

Synonyms
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