Tophet

or To·pheth

[ toh-fit, -fet ]

/ ˈtoʊ fɪt, -fɛt /

noun Bible.

a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch. It was later used as a dumping ground for refuse.

the place of punishment for the wicked after death; hell.

some place, condition, etc., likened to hell.

Origin of Tophet

1350–1400; Middle English ≪ Hebrew tōpheth a place-name

Example sentences from the Web for tophet

With the choking dust and scalding glare of the sun, the whole scene might have been an anteroom to Tophet.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 |Various
It is Tophet; it is hell, the eternal anguish of the damned.

No Cross, No Crown |William Penn
A boomerang has come back and mowed us flatter than an oven door in tophet.

The Landloper |Holman Day
The instant the train's motion altogether ceased the heat shut in on them as if the lid of Tophet had been slammed.

King--of the Khyber Rifles |Talbot Mundy

They're here today and gone tomorrow, cursing Kansas as they go, slandering it, branding it as the Tophet of the earth.

Trail's End |George W. Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for tophet

Tophet

Topheth

/ (ˈtəʊfɛt) /

noun

Old Testament a place in the valley immediately to the southwest of Jerusalem; the Shrine of Moloch, where human sacrifices were offered

Word Origin for Tophet

from Hebrew Tōpheth

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Tophet

or To·pheth

noun Bible.

Origin of Tophet

Example sentences from the Web for tophet

British Dictionary definitions for tophet

Topheth

noun

Word Origin for Tophet