Strong G4670Σόδομα

Sodom

Transliteration
Sodoma
Pronunciation
sod'-om-ah
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Plural of Hebrew origin [H5467];
Sodoma (that is Sedom) a place in Palestine: - Sodom.

Detailed definition

Σόδομα, -ων, τά (Heb. סְדֹם),
Sodom (Gen.13:10, 12, al.): Mat.10:15 11:23-24 Luk.10:12 17:29, Rom.9:29" (LXX), 2Pe.2:6, Ju 7, Rev.11:8.†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Sodom

Wicked city destroyed by God for its sins

Sodom, a notoriously wicked city destroyed by God along with Gomorrah for their grave sins (Gen. 19:24-25).

In the Bible

Strong G4670 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sodom9
  • sodoma1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:15
    Verily 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.
  2. Matthew 11:23
    And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  3. Matthew 11:24
    But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
  4. Mark 6:11
    And 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.
  5. Luke 10:12
    But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
  6. Luke 17:29
    But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
  7. Romans 9:29
    And 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.
  8. 2 Peter 2:6
    And 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;
  9. Jude 1:7
    Even 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.
  10. Revelation 11:8
    And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
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