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1
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
- the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released
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2
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
- in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent
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- bliss,
- elysian fields,
- Elysium,
- empyrean,
- heaven,
- kingdom come,
- New Jerusalem,
- paradise,
- sky,
- Zion
- (also Sion)
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“Gehenna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gehenna. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of Gehenna was circa 1534
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