Tophet
To·phet
noun \ˈtō-fət\Definition of TOPHET
Examples of TOPHET
- <a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside>
Origin of TOPHET
Middle English, shrine south of ancient Jerusalem where human sacrifices were performed to Moloch in Jer 7:31, Gehenna, from Late Latin Topheth, from Hebrew tōpheth
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to TOPHET
Antonyms: bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, heaven, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)
Related Words: blazes, inferno; purgatory; hades, netherworld, shades, Tartarus, underworld; Sheol; abyss, pit; fire and brimstone, hellfire
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