עֲמֹרָה
a.mo.rah
“Gomorrah”
Definition
Amorah, a place in Palestine
from H6014 (עָמַר); a (ruined) heap;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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N:N--L
Occurrences
עֲמֹרָה appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Some of you I overthrewas I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze,yet you did not return to Me,”declares the LORD.
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Hear the word of the LORD,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the instruction of our God,you people of Gomorrah!
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