Tophet
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tophet in British English:
UK ['tofɪt]
How to pronounce Tophet in American English:
US [ˈtoˌfɛt, -fɪt]
Word Origin
- Tophet
- place near Jerusalem, where, according to the Old Testament, idolatrous Jews made human sacrifice to strange gods; later symbolic of the torments of Hell.
Example
- 1. For they shall bury in tophet , till there be no place .
- 2. 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 .
- 3. 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 .
- 4. Therefore , behold , the days come , saith the lord , that it shall no more be called tophet , nor the valley of the son of hinnom , but the valley of slaughter : for they shall bury in tophet , till there be no place .
- 5. For , arranged from former time is tophet , even it for the king is prepared , he hath made deep , he hath made large , its pile [ is ] fire and much wood , the breath of jehovah , as a stream of brim stone , is burning in it !