A place or state of great suffering, torment, or hell; used in religious and literary contexts to describe extreme misery.
From Hebrew 'Gehinnom', originally the name of a valley outside Jerusalem (Valley of Hinnom) where fire and waste burned. Jewish and Christian traditions later made it a symbol for hell or damnation.
The word gehenna shows how geography became theology—a literal garbage dump outside ancient Jerusalem eventually became a metaphor that influenced how billions of people imagined the afterlife.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.