BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6017
a.mo.rah — Gomorrah
Gomorrah = "submersion" the twin-city in evil with Sodom, both destroyed in judgment by God with fire from heaven Also named: Gomorra (Γόμορρα "Gomorrah" G1116)
19 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1116
Gomorra — Gomorrah
Γόμορρα, -ας, ἡ, and -ων, τά (Heb. עֲמֹרָה), Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Gen.19): Mat.10:15, Rom.9:29" (LXX), 2Pe.2:6, Ju 7.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5467
se.dom — Sodom
Sodom = "burning" a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment Also named: Sodoma (Σόδομα "Sodom" G4670)
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6820
tso.ar — Zoar
§ Zoar = "insignificance" a city at the southeast end of the Dead Sea grouped with Sodom and Gomorrah as being one of the 5 cities slated for destruction by God; spared at Lot's plea as his place of refuge
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4114
mah.pe.khah — overthrow
1) overthrow, destruction 1a) always of Sodom and Gomorrah
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6636
tse.vo.im — Zeboiim
§ Zeboim or Zeboiim = "gazelles" one of the 5 cities in the plain which included Sodom and Gomorrah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1306
bir.sah — Birsha
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.2 § Birsha = "with iniquity" a king of Gomorrah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3962
le.sah — Lasha
Lasha = "fissure" a place in the southeast of Palestine at the limit of the Canaanites territory, near Sodom and Gomorrah Also named: na.cha.li.el (נַחֲלִיאֵל "Nahaliel" H5160)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28). These cities probably stood close together, and were near the northern extremity of what is now the Dead Sea. This city is always mentioned next after Sodom, both of which were types of impiety and wickedness (Gen. 18:20; Rom. 9:29). Their destruction is mentioned as an “ensample unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 1:4-7). Their wickedness became proverbial (Deut. 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; Jer. 23:14). But that wickedness may be exceeded (Matt. 10:15; Mark 6:11). (See DEAD SEA).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
