Word: gehenna
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...joyless lives; at least at first, Sheol or Hades was not considered a place of punishment or torment. Gradually, the idea developed that there was a difference between the life of the righteous and the life of the wicked in Sheol. The part where the wicked dwelt was called Gehenna, and the part where the righteous dwelt was called Paradise. Often translated "Hell" in the New Testament, Gehenna is really derived from the Valley of Hinnom, outside the city of Jerusalem, which was notorious as the place where fires burned to consume refuse and as the scene of ancient child...
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