תֹּפֶת
tofet · Topheth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8612 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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tofet (תֹּפֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Topheth”.
A place in the valley of Ben-hinnom, by Jerusalem, where children were burned for Molech; King Josiah defiled it so that it would no longer be used (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31-32; 19:6).
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to·fet
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.
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- 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.
- 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 19:6
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 19:11
and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter's vessel, which cannot be mended again. And in Topheth they will bury because there is no place to bury.
- Jeremiah 19:12
Thus will I do to this place, declares YHWH, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.
- Jeremiah 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be like the place of Topheth, unclean; all the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to all the army of the heavens and poured out libations to other gods.’”
- Jeremiah 19:14
And Jeremiah came from Topheth, where YHWH had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the house of YHWH and said to all the people,
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