"hell," 1620s (earlier "a place of torture," 1590s), from Church Latin gehenna (Tertullian), from Greek geenna, from post-biblical Hebrew gehinnom "Hell, place of fiery torment for the dead," figurative use of the place name Ge Hinnom "the Valley of Hinnom," southwest of Jerusalem, where, according to Jer. xix:5, children were sacrificed to Moloch. Middle English had gehenne (late 15c.) from Middle French gehenne.
雙語例句
1. Serpents ! Brood of vipers ! How shall you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
33蛇類,毒蛇之種,你們怎能逃避火坑的審判?
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2. You serpents, you brood of vipers , how can you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?
蛇啊!毒蛇的種類, 你們怎能逃避地獄的處罰?
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3. Mt. 23:33 Serpents ! Brood of vipers ! How shall you escape the judgment of Gehenna?