γέεννα geenna

Greek word for “hell” · Strong’s G1067 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

γέεννα (γέενα, Rec.), -ης, ἡ (perh.

How it is translated

Glosses given for geenna in context, with how often each is used:

• hell 11
• hell? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (3), Mark 9 (3), Matthew 23 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Luke 12 (1), James 3 (1)

Forms

• γέενναν 8
• γεέννης 3
• γεέννῃ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with geenna more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σκανδαλίζω skandalizō “to cause to stumble” 6
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 5
• πῦρ pur “fire” 4
• καλός kalos “good” 4
• μέλος melos “member” 3
• σῶμα sōma “body” 4
• δύο duo “two” 4
• μονόφθαλμος monophthalmos “one-eyed” 2
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 4
• ἀποκόπτω apokoptō “to cut off” 2
• ἐξαιρέω exaireō “to take out/select” 2
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 3

Key verses

The verses using geenna that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,…
• Matthew 5:29 — And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy…
• Matthew 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy…
• Matthew 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matthew 18:9 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be…
• Matthew 23:15 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of…
• Matthew 23:33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
• Mark 9:43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall…
• Mark 9:45 — And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never…
• Mark 9:47 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
• Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
• James 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.