Lexicon
תֹּ֫פֶת
to.phet
H8612
N:N--L Hebrew

Topheth

9
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

to.phet is the name of a place depicted as the site of high places, fire rites, defilement, burial, and prophetic judgment.

The term is consistently used as a proper name for a place. Its occurrences place it in accounts of high places and burning children, its defilement, burial when space fails, and prophetic declarations that the place and city will undergo judgment.

Senses in use

  1. A named place in acts of worship and judgment · dominant

    The proper noun identifies the location where high places were built to burn sons and daughters in Jeremiah 7:31, and where a king defiled the site to prevent children being passed through fire in 2 Kings 23:10. In Jeremiah 19:11 and Jeremiah 7:32, the APB renders clauses about burial there because no room remains; Jeremiah 19:14 depicts Jeremiah coming from the place where he had been sent to prophesy.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently preserves the place-name as “Topheth” rather than replacing it with a descriptive English term. Its surrounding descriptions of fire, burial, defilement, and judgment establish the verse context rather than a separate rendering of the noun.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture