תֹּפֶתTôpheth

proper name [of a location]: in valley of בֶּןתִֿנֹּם, south of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 19:12; Jeremiah 7:31)

Pronunciation: to'-feth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8612

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 23:10 Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire as an offering to Molech.
  • Jeremiah 7:31 They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
  • Jeremiah 7:32 So beware, for the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.
  • Jeremiah 19:6 So beware, for the time is coming, says the Lord, when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
  • Jeremiah 19:11 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.
  • Jeremiah 19:12 This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the Lord. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).