Lexicon Topheth: a place South of Jer. Original Word: תֹּ֫פֶתPart of Speech: Proper Name Location Transliteration: Topheth Phonetic Spelling: (to'-feth) Short Definition: Topheth NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom taphasDefinitiona place S. of Jer. NASB TranslationTopheth (9).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. תֹּ֫פֶת proper name, of a location in valley of בֶּןתִֿנֹּם, south of Jerusalem (etymology doubtful, see GFM Ency. Bib. MOLECH; RS Semitic i. 357, 2nd ed. 372, 377 and others think Aramaic, = fire-place, compare שׁפת); — with article ׳הַתּ 2 Kings 23:10 5t., article omitted Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 19:11,12; — place of sacrificing children Jeremiah 7:31, compare Jeremiah 7:32a Jeremiah 19:6 (compare Jeremiah 19:5), 2 Kings 23:10; to become burial-place Jeremiah 7:32b Jeremiah 19:11; in simile of desecrated city Jeremiah 19:12; Jeremiah 19:13 ( ׳מְקוֺם הַתּ); scene of a prophecy of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 19:14; — Ταφες, Ταφεθ (compare Lag BN 78), ᵐ5L2Kings 23:10 Θαφφεθ. — See GFM l.c. Salmond Hast.DB TOPHET. Strong's Tophet, Topheth The same as topheth; Topheth, a place near Jerusalem -- Tophet, Topheth. see HEBREW topheth |
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