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Gomorrah

One of the five cities of the Pentapolis, consumed by fire, Genesis xix, 24, &c. See DEAD SEA. Gomorrah is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “rebellious people.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H6017, G1116
Hebrew
עֲמֹרָה · ʻĂmôrâh
Greek
Γόμορρα · Gomorra
Name meaning
rebellious people According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Γόμορρα

G1116
Transliteration
Gomorra
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N--L
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

Gomorrah, Gomorrha

Lexicon 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)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עֲמֹרָה

H6017
Transliteration
ʻĂmôrâh
Pronunciation
am-o-raw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
19

Glosses

Gomorrah.

Lexicon definition

Amorah, a place in Palestine

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Gomorrah

rebellious people

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

GOMORRAH

one of the five cities of the Pentapolis, consumed by fire, Genesis xix, 24, &c. See DEAD SEA.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Gomorrah

Indexed occurrences: 23

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All Scripture references25 references

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Gomorrah

Meaning:
rebellious people

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

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