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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(drum, noise, place of burning). Part of the
valley
of Hinnom
east
or
south
of
Jerusalem
. Perhaps once a pleasure
garden
, but afterward polluted by the abominations incident to the
worship
of
Baal
and
Molech
(
2 Kings 23:10
10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. (2 Kings 23:10)
;
Jer. 7:31; 19:13
31
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. (Jeremiah 7:31)
13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. (Jeremiah 19:13)
), and then turned into a dumping and burning place of the city’s refuse. Hence a place of
judgment
(
Jer. 19:6-14
6
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
7
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
8
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
10
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
11
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
12
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
14
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house; and said to all the people, (Jeremiah 19:6‑14)
). [HINNOM.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
See HINNOM and
HELL
.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
8612
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Topheth
Phonic:
to’-feth
Meaning:
the same as
8611
; Topheth, a place near Jerusalem
KJV Usage:
Tophet, Topheth
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a spitting (as object of contempt)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Execration; curse; leading aside; smithing:―part of the valley of Hinnom [TOPHET], 2 Kings 23:10. {Exsecratio}
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