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 borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Genesis 13:10 · עֲמֹרָ֔הAnd Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Genesis 14:2 · עֲמֹרָ֑הwent to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).Genesis 14:8 · עֲמֹרָ֗הThen the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of SiddimGenesis 14:10 · וַעֲמֹרָ֖הNow the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.Genesis 14:11 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הThe four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.Genesis 18:20 · וַעֲמֹרָ֖הThen the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,Genesis 19:24 · עֲמֹרָ֖הThen the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Genesis 19:28 · וַעֲמֹרָ֔הHe looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.Deuteronomy 29:23 · וַעֲמֹרָה֙All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.Deuteronomy 32:32 · עֲמֹרָ֑הBut their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.Isaiah 1:9 · לַעֲמֹרָ֖הUnless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.Isaiah 1:10 · עֲמֹרָֽה׃Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!Isaiah 13:19 · עֲמֹרָֽה׃And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.Jeremiah 23:14 · כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ סAnd among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”Jeremiah 49:18 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הAs Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.Jeremiah 50:40 · עֲמֹרָ֛הAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.Amos 4:11 · עֲמֹרָ֔ה“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.Zephaniah 2:9 · כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הTherefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”