HebrewH6017Noun

עֲמֹרָה

a.mo.rah

18Occurrences
H6017Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Amorah, a place in Palestine

from H6014 (עָמַר); a (ruined) heap;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Gomorrah = "submersion" the twin-city in evil with Sodom, both destroyed in judgment by God with fire from heaven Also named: Gomorra (*Γόμορρα *"Gomorrah" G1116)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עֲמֹרָה appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
9
Isaiah
3
Jeremiah
3
Amos
1
Deuteronomy
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

Amos 4:11BSB

“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.

Genesis 13:10BSB

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.)

Genesis 14:10BSB

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.

Genesis 19:24BSB

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Isaiah 1:10BSB

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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