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Definition of: Tophet
(tō′fet)
1. In the Old Testament, a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where the Jews were said to sacrifice their children to Moloch: later used as a place for burning the city's refuse.
2. A place of endless perdition; hell. Also To′pheth (-fet). [<Hebrew tōpheth,? an altar]
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