hinom · Hinnom

What it means

hinom (הִנֹּם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hinnom”.

The name of the valley that runs along the south side of Jerusalem ("valley of Ben-hinnom," valley of the son of Hinnom).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Ben-hinnom ×10
• Hinnom ×3

Where it appears

• Joshua×4
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Nehemiah×1
• Jeremiah×5

• Joshua 15:8

  and the border went up by the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim;

• Joshua 18:16

  and the border went down to the end of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the Valley of Rephaim to the north; and it went down by the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel;

• 2 Kings 23:10

  He made unclean the Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, so that no one might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech.

• 2 Chronicles 28:3

  He burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom YHWH had dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 33:6

  He made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, read omens, practiced sorcery, and appointed those who call up the dead and spiritists; he multiplied doing evil in the eyes of YHWH, provoking him to anger.

• Nehemiah 11:30

  Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its settlements. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.

• Jeremiah 7:31

  And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into my heart.

• Jeremiah 7:32

  Therefore look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter; and they will bury in Topheth for lack of room.

• Jeremiah 19:2

  and go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is at the entrance of the gate of the Potsherds, and proclaim there the words that I speak to you;

• Jeremiah 19:6

  Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.

• Jeremiah 32:35

  And they built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to make their sons and their daughters pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, and it did not come into my heart that they should do this abomination, so as to make Judah sin.

And 2 more times.