Bible word study

Geenna (Strong’s G1067): Meaning in the Bible

Geenna (γέεννα) is the Greek word numbered G1067 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment. In the King James Bible it is translated hell..

• Original wordγέεννα
• Transliterationgéenna
• Pronunciationgheh'-en-nah
• Strong’s numberG1067
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. of Hebrew origin (H1516 and H2011);

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Geenna appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Geenna (G1067) stands behind 11 English renderings in 11 verses across 4 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Matthew (7), Mark (2), Luke (1).

How the King James Bible renders Geenna, by count

• hell9 of 11 (82 percent)
• of hell2 of 11 (18 percent)

Three places to read Geenna

• Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
• Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Mark 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Geenna in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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