סְדֹם
se.dom
“Sodom”
Definition
Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
N:N--L
N:N--L
Occurrences
סְדֹם appears 37 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.
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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 said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Unless the LORD of Hostshad left us a few survivors,we would have become like Sodom,we would have resembled Gomorrah.
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