Definitions for Tophet
ˈtoʊ fɪt, -fɛttophet

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Tophetnoun

   A hellish place.

2. Tophetnoun

   A location near Jerusalem in the valley of Gehenna where children were burned alive as sacrifice.

3. Etymology: From תופת.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tophetnoun

   Hell; a scriptural name.

   Etymology: תפח Heb. a drum.

   The pleasant valley of Hinnom, tophet thence
   And black Gehenna called, the type of hell. John Milton.

   Fire and darkness are here mingled with all other ingredients that make that tophet prepared of old. Burnet.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tophetnoun

   a place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom

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1. Tophet

   In the Hebrew Bible Tophet or Topheth was a location in Jerusalem, in the Valley of Hinnom, where worshipers influenced by the Canaanite Pantheon sacrificed children to the gods Moloch and Baal by burning them alive. The Hebrew Bible also mentions what appears to be child sacrifice practiced at a place called the Tophet by the Canaanites. According to archaeologist Jonathan N. Tubb, "Ammonites, Moabites, Israelites and Phoenicians undoubtedly achieved their own cultural identities, and yet ethnically they were all Canaanites" "the same people who settled in farming villages in the region in the 8th millennium BC.". Tophet became a theological or poetic synonym for hell within Christendom. The traditional explanation that a burning rubbish heap in the Valley of Hinnom south of Jerusalem gave rise to the idea of a fiery Gehenna of judgment is attributed to Rabbi David Kimhi's commentary on Psalm 27:13. He maintained that in this loathsome valley fires were kept burning perpetually to consume the filth and cadavers thrown into it. However, Hermann Strack and Paul Billerbeck state that there is neither archaeological nor literary evidence in support of this claim, in either the earlier intertestamental or the later rabbinic sources.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tophet

   tō′fet, n. a place at the south-east corner of Gehenna, or vale of Hinnom, to the south of Jerusalem, once the scene of idolatrous rites, later the common lay-stall of the city, in which fires were kept burning: the future place of torment for the damned. [Heb. tōpheth.]

How to pronounce Tophet?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tophet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tophet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tophet
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Tophet
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tophet
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Tophet
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Tophet