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Gomorra <a href="../greek/1117.htm" title="1117">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Gomorra: Gomorrah</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Γόμορρα</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine; Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Gomorra<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>go-MOR-rah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(gom'-or-hrhah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Gomorrah<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (Amorah)<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>H6017 (עֲמֹרָה, Amorah)<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Gomorrah is one of the two infamous cities, along with Sodom, that were destroyed by divine judgment due to their extreme wickedness and sinfulness. The term is often used to symbolize moral depravity and divine retribution.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Gomorrah, along with Sodom, was located in the region of the Jordan Valley, near the Dead Sea. These cities were known for their prosperity but also for their grave sins, which included sexual immorality and a lack of hospitality. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah serves as a powerful biblical narrative illustrating God's judgment against sin and His call for righteousness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of Hebrew origin <a href="/hebrew/6017.htm">Amorah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>Gomorrah, one of the cities near the Dead Sea<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Gomorrah (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1116: Γόμορρα</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Γόμορρα</span></span> (or <span class="greek2">Γόμορρα</span>, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Chandler</span> § 167), <span class="greek2">Γομορρας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, and <span class="greek2">Γομόρρων</span>, <span class="greek2">τά</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 18 (16); <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 116; <span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 156), <span class="accented">Gomorrah</span> (<span class="hebrew">עַמֹרָה</span>, cf. <span class="hebrew">עַזָּה</span> Gaza), the name of a city in the eastern part of Judaea, destroyed by the same earthquake (cf. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word <REFERENCE_WORK:Smith's Bible Dictionary><TOPIC:Sea, Salt> <span class="topic">Sea, The Salt</span>) with Sodom and its neighbor cities: <a href="/interlinear/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a>. Their site is now occupied by the Asphaltic Lake or Dead Sea (cf. <span class="abbreviation">BB. DD.</span>, see under the words, <TOPIC:Gomorrah> and <TOPIC:Sodom>): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-15.htm">Matthew 10:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-11.htm">Mark 6:11</a> <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> in brackets; <a href="/interlinear/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Gomorrha. <p>Of Hebrew origin (<a href="/hebrew/6017.htm">Amorah</a>); Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea -- Gomorrha. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6017.htm">Amorah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Γομορρα Γόμορρα Γομορρας Γομόρρας Γομορροις Γομόρροις Γομορρων Γομόρρων Gomorra Gómorra Gomorras Gomórras Gomorrois Gomórrois Gomorron Gomorrōn Gomórron Gomórrōn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σοδόμων καὶ <b>Γομόρρων</b> ἐν ἡμέρᾳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Sodom <span class="itali">and Gomorrah</span> in the day<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Sodom and <span class="itali">Gomorrha</span> in the day<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Sodom and <span class="itali">of Gomorrah</span> on day<p><b><a href="/text/mark/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 6:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Neuter">Noun-DNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σοδόμοις ἤ <b>Γομόρροις</b> ἐν ἡμέρᾳ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/mark/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for Sodom and <span class="itali">Gomorrha</span> in the day<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for Sodom or <span class="itali">Gomorrah</span> in day<p><b><a href="/text/romans/9-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 9:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ὡς <b>Γόμορρα</b> ἂν ὡμοιώθημεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND WOULD HAVE RESEMBLED <span class="itali">GOMORRAH.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/romans/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> been made like unto <span class="itali">Gomorrha.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/9-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and as <span class="itali">Gomorrah</span> anyhow we would have been made like<p><b><a href="/text/2_peter/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Peter 2:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σοδόμων καὶ <b>Γομόρρας</b> τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Sodom <span class="itali">and Gomorrah</span> to destruction<br><a href="/kjvs/2_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">Gomorrha</span> into ashes<br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Sodom and <span class="itali">Gomorrah</span> having reduced to ashes to destruction<p><b><a href="/text/jude/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jude 1:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/jude/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σόδομα καὶ <b>Γόμορρα</b> καὶ αἱ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jude/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as Sodom <span class="itali">and Gomorrah</span> and the cities<br><a href="/kjvs/jude/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Sodom and <span class="itali">Gomorrha,</span> and the cities<br><a href="/interlinear/jude/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Sodom and <span class="itali">Gomorrah</span> and the<p><b><a href="/greek/1116.htm">Strong's Greek 1116</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1116.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/gomorra_1116.htm">Γόμορρα — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/gomorras_1116.htm">Γομόρρας — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/gomorro_n_1116.htm">Γομόρρων — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/gomorrois_1116.htm">Γομόρροις — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1115.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1115"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1115" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1117.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1117"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1117" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>