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Tophet

It is thought that Tophet was the butchery, or place of slaughter, at Jerusalem, lying to the south of the city, in the valley of the children of Hinnom. It is also said, that a large fire was constantly kept there for burning carcasses, garbage, and other filth brought thither from the city. Tophet is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “a drum; betraying.” This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: topics
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H8612, H8613
Hebrew
תֹּפֶת · Tôpheth
Name meaning
a drum; betraying According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תֹּפֶת

H8612
Transliteration
Tôpheth
Pronunciation
to'-feth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
9

Glosses

Tophet, Topheth.

Lexicon definition

Topheth, a place near Jerusalem

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תׇּפְתֶּה

H8613
Transliteration
Tophteh
Pronunciation
tof-teh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Tophet.

Lexicon definition

Tophteh, a place of cremation

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tophet

a drum; betraying

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

TOPHET

It is thought that Tophet was the butchery, or place of slaughter, at Jerusalem, lying to the south of the city, in the valley of the children of Hinnom. It is also said, that a large fire was constantly kept there for burning carcasses, garbage, and other filth brought thither from the city. It was the place where they burned the remains of images and false gods, &c, Isa. xxx, 33. Others think the name Tophet was given to the valley of Hinnom, from the beating of drums, (the word toph signifying a drum,) which accompanied the sacrifices of infants that were offered there to the god Moloch. For the manner of performing those sacrifices in Tophet, see MOLOCH.

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

TOPHET

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for TOPHET.

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tophet

Meaning:
a drum; betraying

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