geenna (hell) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “hell”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

hell 10
of hell 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Matthew 7
Mark 3
Luke 1
James 1

4 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 5:29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew 10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 18:9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Matthew 23:15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

All 12 verses, by book

Matthew 7: 5:22 5:29 5:30 10:28 18:9 23:15 23:33
Mark 3: 9:43 9:45 9:47
Luke 1: 12:5
James 1: 3:6

Greek dictionary

γέεννα geenna · hell

γέεννα (γέενα, Mrk.9:45, Rec.), -ης, ἡ (perh. through Aram. גֵּיהִנָּם, from Heb. גֵּי הִנֹּם, Neh.11:30; גֵּי בֶּן־הִנֹּם, Jhn.18:16; גֵּי בּנֵי־הִנֹּם, 4Ki.23:10; valley of (the son, sons of) lamentation); [in LXX the nearest approach to γ. is γαίεννα, Jos.18:16 (Γαὶ Ὀννόμ, A), elsewhere φάραγξ Ὀνόμ (Jos.15:8, al.), V. Swete on Mrk.9:43 ;] …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hell” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HELL, noun

The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death. Matthew 10:28 Luke 12:5
The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the lower regions, or the grave; called in Hebrew, sheol, and by the Greeks, hades. Psalms 16:10 Jonah 2:2
The pains of hell temporal death, or agonies that dying persons feel, or which bring to the brink of the grave. Psalms 18:5
The gates of hell the power and policy of Satan and his instruments. Matthew 16:18

All definitions

The infernal powers.
The place at a running play to which are carried those who are caught.
A place into which a tailor throws his shreds.
A dungeon or prison.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.