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Gehennom

Gehennom is the alternative form of Gehinnom.

Meaning of Gehinnom

Proper noun

Gehinnom

  1. (Judaism) The realm of the afterlife where unrepentant souls are cleansed of their spiritual impurities before returning to the presence of God.
    Synonyms:
    Gehenna

Questions about Gehennom

What is Gehennom the alternative form of?
Gehennom is the alternative form of Gehinnom.

Words near Gehennom in the dictionary

  1. geh kiang
  2. Gehant
  3. Gehants
  4. gehenna
  5. gehennas
  6. Gehennom
  7. Gehenom
  8. Gehinnom
  9. Gehinom
  10. Gehl
  11. gehlenite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gehennom (page history and authors); Gehinnom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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