Where in the New Testament is Gehenna used and how often?
Gehenna, (the valley of Hinnom) used 12 times in the New Testament has a different meaning to Sheol and Hades. The Valley of Hinnom was southeast of Jerusalem. Into this place was cast all kinds of filth with the carcasses of beasts and the buried bodies of criminals. Fires burned continuously in this valley, not to preserve anything, but to utterly consume it. No idea of eternal torment was ever connected with this place. See Diaglott for further explanation. The terms hell, hellfire, into the fire that never shall be quenched, as used in Mark 9:43, 45 and 47 refers to Gehenna or Valley of the Son of Hinnom, (II Chron. 28:3) Jesus is talking to his disciples. It is better to enter into life–note into life–with one hand, one foot, one eye, than having two hands, two feet, two eyes than to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched, where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched. Fires burned continually, worms worked on carcasses just as long as refuse was cast i
