Strong G1116Γόμορρα
Gomorrah
- Transliteration
- Gomorrha
- Pronunciation
- gom'-or-hrhah
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H6017];
Gomorrha (that is Amorah) a place near the Dead Sea: - Gomorrha.
Gomorrha (that is Amorah) a place near the Dead Sea: - Gomorrha.
Meaning of the name
Gomorrah, "to overwhelm with water"
Detailed definition
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)
Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Gen.19): Mat.10:15, Rom.9:29" (LXX), 2Pe.2:6, Ju 7.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Gomorrah
Wicked city destroyed by God along with Sodom.
Gomorrah was a wicked city in the plain of Jordan that God destroyed with sulfur and fire, along with Sodom, due to their grave sins.
In the Bible
Strong G1116 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gomorrha5
First verses
- Matthew 10:15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- Mark 6:11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- Romans 9:29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
- 2 Peter 2:6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.