Sodom
sod'-um (cedhom; Sodoma) One of the 5 CITIES OF THE PLAIN
(which see), destroyed by fire from heaven in the time of
Abraham and Lot (Gen 19:24). The wickedness of the city became
proverbial. The sin of sodomy was an offense against nature
frequently connected with idolatrous practices (see Rawlinson,
History of Phoenicia). See SODOMITE. The fa...
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Also called SODOMA
-Situated on the plain of the Jordan River
Ge 13:10
-The southeastern limit of the Canaanites
Ge 10:19
-Lot lived in
Ge 13:12
-King of, joins other kings of the nations resisting the
invasion of Chedorlaomer
Ge 14:1-12
-Wickedness of the inhabitants of
Ge 13:13; 19:4-13; De 32:32; Isa 3:9; Jer 23:14; La
4:6;
Eze 16:4...
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(burning), one of the most ancient cities of Syria. It is
commonly mentioned in connection with Gomorrah, but also
with Admah and Zeboim, and on one occasion -- Ge 14:1 ... --
with Bela or Zoar. Sodom was evidently the chief town in the
settlement. The four are first named in the ethnological
records of Ge 10:19 as belonging to the Canaanites. ...
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burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen.
13:10;
14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought
down upon it
fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-
33; 19:1-29;
Deut. 23:17). This city and its awful destruction
are frequently
alluded to in Scripture (Deut. 29:23; 32:32; Isa.
1:9, 10; 3:9;
13:19; Jer. 23:14; ...
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Chief of the group Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Bela
or Zoar (Genesis 10:19; Genesis 13:3; Genesis 13:10-13;
Genesis 13:19; Luke 17:29; 2 Peter 2:6; Judges 1:4-7; Mark
6:11; Matthew 10:15; Deuteronomy 29:23). (See GOMORRAH.)
Palmer and Drake traversing the Negeb in a S.E. direction,
as far as Mount Hor, made a detour to jebel ("mount") ...
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When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to
their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall
return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters
shall return to your former estate....
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When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of
Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her
daughters, then [will I bring again] the captivity of thy
captives in the midst of them:...
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And thine elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters
that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that
dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters....
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And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of
Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle
with them in the vale of Siddim;...
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