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 is from Sidon, in thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; in thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.Genesis 13:10 · עֲמֹרָ֔הAnd Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it is all a watered country (before Jehovah’s destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah’s garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,Genesis 14:2 · עֲמֹרָ֑הthey have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.Genesis 14:8 · עֲמֹרָ֗הAnd the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,Genesis 14:10 · וַעֲמֹרָ֖הAnd the valley of Siddim is full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.Genesis 14:11 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הAnd they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;Genesis 18:20 · וַעֲמֹרָ֖הAnd Jehovah saith, ‘The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah—because great; and their sin—because exceeding grievous:Genesis 19:24 · עֲמֹרָ֖הand Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;Genesis 19:28 · וַעֲמֹרָ֔הand he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.Deuteronomy 29:23 · וַעֲמֹרָה֙(with brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,)—Deuteronomy 32:32 · עֲמֹרָ֑הFor of the vine of Sodom their vine is, And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gall—They have bitter clusters;Isaiah 1:9 · לַעֲמֹרָ֖הUnless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly—as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!Isaiah 1:10 · עֲמֹרָֽה׃Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,Isaiah 13:19 · עֲמֹרָֽה׃And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.Jeremiah 23:14 · כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ סAnd in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me—all of them—as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.Jeremiah 49:18 · וַעֲמֹרָ֛הAs the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbours, said Jehovah, No one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.Jeremiah 50:40 · עֲמֹרָ֛הAs overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.Amos 4:11 · עֲמֹרָ֔הI have overturned among you, Like the overturn by God of Sodom and Gomorrah, And ye are as a brand delivered from a burning, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.Zephaniah 2:9 · כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הTherefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation—unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.