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Tophet
or To·pheth
[ toh-fit, -fet ]
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.
Tophet
/ ˈtəʊfɛt /
noun
- Old Testament a place in the valley immediately to the southwest of Jerusalem; the Shrine of Moloch, where human sacrifices were offered
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Tophet1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, ultimately derived from Hebrew tōpheth a placename
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Tophet1
from Hebrew Tōpheth
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Example Sentences
The place was smotheringly hot, and below, the firemen were asleep, so used to it that they would have slumbered in tophet itself.
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This valley of Tophet was the "Clamart" of Paris, the place where they deposited all the rubbish and carrion of the city.
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Tophet, where the Israelites made their children pass through fire to Moloch, was a mount of this form.
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I walked over; there was a little crystal about the size of an egg, fluorescing to beat Tophet.
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Mossbacks are always ready to believe that a man that's travelled any has been raising seventeen kinds of tophet all his life.
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