Gomorrah
עֲמֹרָהStrong’s H6017amorah (a-mo-rah)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Amorah is the Hebrew word usually translated “gomorrah” and “like gomorrah”. It appears in 19 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
- Gomorrah = "submersion"
How it's translated
- gomorrah 10
- and gomorrah 7
- like gomorrah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 9
- Isaiah 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Amos 1
- Zephaniah 1
6 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 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.
- Genesis 14:11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
- Genesis 18:20And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Hebrew dictionary
עֲמֹרָה amorah · Gomorrah
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)
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.