Sodom
סְדֹםStrong’s H5467sedom (se-dom)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sedom is the Hebrew word usually translated “sodom”, “like sodom” and “sodom towards”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Sodom = "burning"
How it's translated
- sodom 30
- like sodom 4
- sodom towards 3
- in sodom 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 20
- Ezekiel 6
- Isaiah 4
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Lamentations 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 13:10And 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.
- Genesis 13:12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
- Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
- Genesis 14:2That 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.
- Genesis 14:8And 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;
- Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Hebrew dictionary
סְדֹם sedom · Sodom
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.