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)
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a.mo.rah · Gomorrah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 10:19 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הAnd the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.Genesis 13:10 · עֲמֹרָ֔הAnd Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.Genesis 14:2 · עֲמֹרָ֑הthat they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).Genesis 14:8 · עֲמֹרָ֗הAnd there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;Genesis 14:10 · וַעֲמֹרָ֖הNow the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.Genesis 14:11 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.Genesis 18:20 · וַעֲמֹרָ֖הAnd Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;Genesis 19:24 · עֲמֹרָ֖הThen Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;Genesis 19:28 · וַעֲמֹרָ֔הand he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.Deuteronomy 29:23 · וַעֲמֹרָה֙and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:Deuteronomy 32:32 · עֲמֹרָ֑הFor their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:Isaiah 1:9 · לַעֲמֹרָ֖הExcept Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Isaiah 1:10 · עֲמֹרָֽה׃Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.Isaiah 13:19 · עֲמֹרָֽה׃And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.Jeremiah 23:14 · כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ סIn the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.Jeremiah 49:18 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הAs in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.Jeremiah 50:40 · עֲמֹרָ֛הAs when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.Amos 4:11 · עֲמֹרָ֔הI have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.Zephaniah 2:9 · כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הTherefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.