English Explanatory Dictionary

Tophet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A location near Jerusalem in the valley of Gehenna where children were burned alive as sacrifice.
  2. Hell, Gehenna.
noun
  1. A Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.

Pronunciation

/ˈtəʊfɪt/ /ˈtoʊfɪt/

Word forms

Tophet tophets

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew תוֹפֶת (tôp̄eṯ).

Derived words

Tophetic
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