Bible Dictionary: Tophet

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tophet

a drum; betraying

ATS Bible Dictionary

Tophet

See HINNOM.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

=Topheth, from Hebrews toph "a drum," because the cries of children here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch were drowned by the noise of such an instrument; or from taph or toph, meaning "to burn," and hence a place of burning, the name of a particular p

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.

Nave's Topical Index

2 Chronicles 28:3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
Nave's Topical Index

2 Chronicles 33:6
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Nave's Topical Index

Strong's Hebrew

8613. Tophteh -- a place of burning, probably the same as Topheth
... Tophet. Probably a form of Topheth; Tophteh, a place of cremation -- Tophet. see
HEBREW Topheth. 8612, 8613. Tophteh. 8614 . Strong's Numbers.
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8612. Topheth -- a place South of Jer.
... NASB Word Usage Topheth (9). Tophet, Topheth. The same as topheth; Topheth, a place
near Jerusalem -- Tophet, Topheth. see HEBREW topheth. 8611, 8612. ...
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Library

Greek and Jew
... Cut off from its neighbor by ancient walls were Ophlas, overlooking Tophet and under
the shadow of the Temple; Mount Zion which the Lord had established, Akra ...
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Whether that Fire Will Engulf the Wicked?
... into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil," etc., and (Is.30:33):
"Tophet is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king," etc., where a gloss ...
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As the Foam Upon Water
... "They say he climbed to the summit of the outer wall overlooking Tophet and remains
there a target for the Roman arrows, which rebound from him!" cried one. ...
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Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
... molten and the valleys cleft as wax before the fire, like water poured down a steep
place; and discovered that beneath their very feet was Tophet, the pit of ...
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The Morning of Good Friday.
... Down into the horrible solitude of the Valley of Hinnom, the Tophet' of old, with
its ghastly memories, the Gehenna of the future, with its ghostly associations ...
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Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin
... To bring torment to the guilty, there is little need that God should, literally
in the world to come, pile up Tophet with its wood and much smoke, nor even ...
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The Fourth Part.
... Behold also hee is a consuming fire, a zealous God, hating lukewarmnesse not onely
destroying Sodome with fire and brimstone, and providing Tophet for his ...
/.../ward/a coal from the altar to kindle the holy fire of zeale/the fourth part.htm

The Tangled Web
... At this ravine and that debouching upon Golgotha, the Vale of Hinnom and the
Valley of Tophet, whole legions of besiegers were stationed. ...
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The Faithful Servant
... spirit of a Roman and the traditions of a soldier even could not prevent the young
man from weakening at times before the charnel pit in Tophet where countless ...
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"And the Life. " How Christ is the Life.
... And finally, as to what is future of this kind, they are, being fuel for Tophet,
obnoxious to that malignant, sinful, blasphemous, and desperate rebellion ...
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Thesaurus

Tophet (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in
the valley of Hinnom. Multi-Version Concordance Tophet (8 Occurrences). ...
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Topheth (9 Occurrences)
... etymology uncertain; the most probable is its connection with a root meaning
"burning"-the "place of burning"; the King James Version, Tophet, except in 2 ...
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Hinnom (11 Occurrences)
... Moloch and Baal. A particular part of the valley was called Tophet, or the
"fire-stove," where the children were burned. After the ...
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Affirmation (335 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:32 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it
is not said any more, 'The Tophet,' And 'Valley of the son of Hinnom,' But ...
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Tophel (1 Occurrence)

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Rooftops (1 Occurrence)
... Jeremiah 19:13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,
have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose ...
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Dunggate
... south-west quarter. "The gate outside of which lay the piles of sweepings
and offscourings of the streets," in the valley of Tophet. ...
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Dung-gate (4 Occurrences)
... "The gate outside of which lay the piles of sweepings and offscourings of the
streets," in the valley of Tophet. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Brim (9 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he
hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the ...
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Oblations (24 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 19:13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,
have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose ...
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Bible Concordance

Tophet (8 Occurrences)

Isaiah 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I didn't command, nor did it come into my mind.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.
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Jeremiah 19:6 therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
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Jeremiah 19:11 and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 19:12 Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 19:13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
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Jeremiah 19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said to all the people:
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Subtopics

Tophet

Tophet: A Place in the Valley of the Sons of Hinnom

Tophet: Destroyed by Josiah

Tophet: Horror of

Tophet: Jewish Children Passed Through the Fire to the God Molech In

Related Terms

Topheth (9 Occurrences)

Hinnom (11 Occurrences)

Affirmation (335 Occurrences)

Tophel (1 Occurrence)

Rooftops (1 Occurrence)