Lexicon
עֲמֹרָה
a.mo.rah
H6017
N:N--L Hebrew

Gomorrah

19
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6
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Hebrew
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a.mo.rah is the proper name of a city named with Sodom, remembered for overthrow and used in later comparisons.

The noun functions as the proper name of a city regularly named alongside Sodom: it appears in geographic and battle settings, in the account of its overthrow, and in later comparisons that invoke that overthrow.

Senses in use

  1. A city named with Sodom · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every cited occurrence. In Genesis 10:19 the APB renders it within a border description, while Genesis 14:2 and Genesis 14:8 place its king among rulers preparing for battle; Genesis 19:24 names it with Sodom when fire and brimstone fall. Later clauses use the same city name as a comparison: Isaiah 13:19 describes Babylon as being like the cities when God overthrew them, and Zephaniah 2:9 compares Ammon with it in a scene of devastation.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Gomorrah,” usually beside “Sodom.” In comparison passages it retains the place name while rendering the surrounding clause as an overthrow or a likeness.

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Across Scripture