Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H8612
תֹּפֶת
Tophethto'-feth
Topheth
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Tôpheth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8612is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8612
Topheth, a place near Jerusalem
The King James renders it: Tophet, Topheth.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Topheth is rendered "Topheth". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
2 Kings 23:10הַתֹּ֔פֶת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the Topheth5
- and in Topheth1
- from the Topheth1
- in Topheth1
- like Topheth1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תֹּפֶת | topheth | spit | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַתֹּ֖פֶת2
- בְתֹ֖פֶת1
- הַתֹּ֔פֶת1
- הַתֹּ֗פֶת1
- הַתֹּ֙פֶת֙1
- וּבְתֹ֣פֶת1
- כְּתֹֽפֶת׃1
- מֵֽהַתֹּ֔פֶת1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)5HTd/Npl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npl
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1HR/Td/Npl
2 Kings
one use
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
- הַתֹּ֔פֶתhatofetthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Topheth
Jeremiah
eight uses
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
- הַתֹּ֗פֶתhatofetthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Topheth
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
- הַתֹּ֙פֶת֙hatofetthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Topheth
- בְתֹ֖פֶתvetofetpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Topheth
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
- הַתֹּ֖פֶתhatofetthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Topheth
and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
- וּבְתֹ֣פֶתuvetofetconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in Topheth
This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
- כְּתֹֽפֶת׃ketofetpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like Topheth
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
- הַתֹּ֖פֶתhatofetthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Topheth
Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
- מֵֽהַתֹּ֔פֶתmehatofetpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: from the Topheth
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.