HebrewH5467Noun

סְדֹם

se.dom

37Occurrences
H5467Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea

from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Sodom = "burning" a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment Also named: Sodoma (*Σόδομα *"Sodom" G4670)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

סְדֹם appears 37 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
20
Ezk
6
Isaiah
4
Jeremiah
3
Amos
1
Deuteronomy
1
Lamentations
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.

Ezk 16:56BSB

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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 18:20BSB

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Isaiah 1:9BSB

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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