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Cemetery Gravestones

The Grave

Both the Old and New Testament meanings of the word "hell" is primarily - The Grave

There is one other Greek word in the New Testament translated "hell" and that is the word Gehenna.

However, the word should not have been translated at all as it is a proper name. It should have been transliterated. It is a Greek compound signifying the valley of the Son of Hinnom.

The valley was used in ancient times for the worship of Moloch and was later given over to a place of pollution.  It became the rubbish dump of the city of Jerusalem where fires were kept buring which destroyed everything that was thrown in it.

The word was used to describe the total destruction of those who will be rejected by the Lord Jesus Christ.

References can be found at Matthew 5:22,29,30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15,23 Mark 9:42-48, Luke 12:5 and James 3:6)

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