جُحُوم
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جَحِيم in English
Noun · feminine
- inferno, large fire
- A place or situation of great suffering in life
صَارَتْ حَيَاتُهُ جَحِيمًاHis life became hell.
- An extremely hot place
- hell
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىThen indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 79:39
Word origin
Compare جَحُمَ (jaḥuma, “(intransitive) to burn”).
Words from the root ج-ح-م
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جَحُمَ
· present يَجْحُمُ
Form I · The plain action
to burn, to blaze, to fire, to have many flames, to become vehement and fiery
جَحَمَ
· present يَجْحَمُ
Form I · The plain action
to kindle, to make burn fiercely
جَحْم
جَاحِم
مَجْحُوم
جَحْمَة
burning fiercely
جَحِيم in a sentence
Dictionary examples
A place or situation of great suffering in life
صَارَتْ حَيَاتُهُ جَحِيمًاHis life became hell.
hell
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىThen indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 79:39
From a fully vowelled text
فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ فِي الجَحِيمِ وَهُوَ فِي الْعَذَابِ، وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَلِعَازَرَ فِي حِضْنِهِ،And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.Luke 16:23, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَنَا أَقُولُ لَكَ أَيْضًا: أَنْتَ بُطْرُسُ، وَعَلَى هذِهِ الصَّخْرَةِ أَبْني كَنِيسَتِي، وَأَبْوَابُ الْجَحِيمِ لَنْ تَقْوَى عَلَيْهَا.And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Matthew 16:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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