Tophet
noun
To·phet ˈtō-fət 
: hell, gehenna
Synonyms
- Gehenna
- hell
- Pandemonium
- perdition
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Example Sentences
a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, shrine south of ancient Jerusalem where human sacrifices were performed to Moloch in Jeremiah 7:31, Gehenna, from Late Latin Topheth, from Hebrew tōpheth
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Tophet
noun
as in hell
the place of punishment for the wicked after death a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hell
- inferno
- perdition
- Pandemonium
- Gehenna
- pit
- abyss
- underworld
- blazes
- netherworld
- purgatory
- Tartarus
- hades
- hellfire
- Sheol
- shades
- fire and brimstone
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- heaven
- sky
- empyrean
- kingdom come
- paradise
- bliss
- elysian fields
- Zion
- Sion
- glory
- promised land
- Elysium
- New Jerusalem
- nirvana
- Valhalla
- happy hunting ground