tophet
Collocations
4ADJ.
high, own
VERB + TOPHET
places
PREP.
in, in
ADV.
commonly
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name
A location near Jerusalem in the valley of Gehenna where children were burned alive as sacrifice.
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Hell, Gehenna.
In this Tophet, they commonly immolated their little children, and sometimes men of more yeers than discretion […]
But already is the day of their avengement begun; the hero is at length arisen who shall send all such as bear enmity to the true Church, or trust in works of their own, to Tophet!
noun
A Carthaginian monument associated with a cemetery for ritually sacrificed children.
They are an important factor indicating a corpus of beliefs common to the important central colonies (Carthage, Sousse, Motya, Sulcis, Nora, Tharros), where tophets and accompanying grave stelae have been found.
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4And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my hear
WiktionaryIn this Tophet, they commonly immolated their little children, and sometimes men of more yeers than discretion […]
WiktionaryBut already is the day of their avengement begun; the hero is at length arisen who shall send all such as bear enmity to the true Church, or trust in works of their own, to Tophet!
WiktionaryThey are an important factor indicating a corpus of beliefs common to the important central colonies (Carthage, Sousse, Motya, Sulcis, Nora, Tharros), where tophets and accompanying grave stelae have
Wiktionary