sodomites Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
sodomites in Easton's Bible Dictionary
those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut. 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; Rom. 1:26, 27). Asa destroyed them "out of the land" (1 Kings 15:12), as did also his son Jehoshaphat (22:46).
sodomites in Smith's Bible Dictionary
This word does not denote the inhabitants of Sodom; but it is employed in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament for those who practiced as a religious rite the abominable and unnatural vice from which the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah have derived their lasting infamy.
sodomites in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SOD'OMITES . The word has no reference to Sodom, but is the biblical term for those who practise sodomy - a sin to which the inhabitants of that city were addicted. Gen 19:5.
sodomites in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Not inhabitants of Sodom, but those "devoted" (qedeeshim) to unnatural lust in Ashtoreth's honour, as a religious rite! (Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 23:7; Job 36:14 margin) There were women similarly "desecrated" to lust as a religious rite (Genesis 38:21-22; Hosea 4:14; translated 1 Kings 22:38), "the dogs licked his blood while the 'harlots' (zonot) were bathing in the pool" early in the morning, as their custom was. So Septuagint.