Meaning of “Sodom”

1. Sodom — burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen. 13:10; 14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17). This city and its awful destruction are frequently alluded to in Scripture (Deut. 29:23; 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; 3:9; 13:19; Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 16:46-56; Zeph. 2:9; Matt. 10:15; Rom. 9:29; 2 Pet. 2:6, etc.). No trace of it or of the other cities of the plain has been discovered, so complete was their destruction. Just opposite the site of Zoar, on the south-west coast of the Dead Sea, is a range of low hills, forming a mass of mineral salt called Jebel Usdum, "the hill of Sodom." It has been concluded, from this and from other considerations, that the cities of the plain stood at the southern end of the Dead Sea. Others, however, with much greater probability, contend that they stood at the northern end of the sea. [in 1897].

2. Sodoma — (Rom. 9:29; R.V., "Sodom"), the Greek form for Sodom.

3. Sodomites — those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut. 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; Rom. 1:26, 27). Asa destroyed them "out of the land" (1 Kings 15:12), as did also his son Jehoshaphat (22:46).

4. Vine of Sodom — referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the 'osher of the Arabs, which abounds in the region of the Dead Sea. Its fruit are the so-called "apples of Sodom," which, though beautiful to the eye, are exceedingly bitter to the taste. (See EN-GEDI »T0001207.) The people of Israel are referred to here by Moses as being utterly corrupt, bringing forth only bitter fruit.

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Bible Search for “Sodom”

1. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 19 — And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

2. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 13 — But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

3. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 12 — Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

4. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

5. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

6. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 21 — And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

7. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 17 — And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

8. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 12 — And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

9. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 11 — And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

10. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 10 — And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

11. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 8 — And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

12. Genesis Chapter 14 Verse 2 — That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

13. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 26 — And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

14. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

15. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 20 — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

16. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 16 — And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

17. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 28 — And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

18. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 24 — Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

19. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

20. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 1 — And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

21. Deuteronomy Chapter 23 Verse 17 — There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

22. Deuteronomy Chapter 29 Verse 23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

23. Deuteronomy Chapter 32 Verse 32 — For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

24. 1 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 24 — And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

25. 1 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 12 — And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

26. 1 Kings Chapter 22 Verse 46 — And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

27. 2 Kings Chapter 23 Verse 7 — And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

28. Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse 10 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

29. Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse 9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

30. Isaiah Chapter 3 Verse 9 — The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

31. Isaiah Chapter 13 Verse 19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

32. Jeremiah Chapter 23 Verse 14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

33. Jeremiah Chapter 49 Verse 18 — As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

34. Jeremiah Chapter 50 Verse 40 — As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

35. Lamentations Chapter 4 Verse 6 — For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

36. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 56 — For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

37. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 55 — When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

38. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 53 — When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

39. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

40. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 48 — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

41. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 46 — And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

42. Amos Chapter 4 Verse 11 — I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

43. Zephaniah Chapter 2 Verse 9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

44. Matthew Chapter 10 Verse 15 — Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

45. Matthew Chapter 11 Verse 24 — But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

46. Matthew Chapter 11 Verse 23 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

47. Mark Chapter 6 Verse 11 — And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

48. Luke Chapter 10 Verse 12 — But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

49. Luke Chapter 17 Verse 29 — But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

50. Romans Chapter 9 Verse 29 — And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

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