עֲמֹרָה (a.mo.rah) means “Gomorrah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: am-o-raw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עֲמֹרָה · a.mo.rah · 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)
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from H6014 (עָמַר); a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine
KJV glosses: Gomorrah.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and gomorrah | 11 |
| of gomorrah | 4 |
| gomorrah | 2 |
| are like gomorrah | 1 |
| like gomorrah | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and gomorrah | 11 |
| of gomorrah | 4 |
| and upon gomorrah | 1 |
| as gomorrah | 1 |
| thereof as gomorrah | 1 |
| unto gomorrah | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Read word by wordAnd Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Read word by wordwent to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Read word by wordThen the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordThe four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Read word by wordThen the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Read word by wordHe looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Read word by wordAll its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.22
But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
Read word by wordUnless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
Read word by wordHear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Read word by wordAnd Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Read word by wordAnd among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
Read word by wordAs Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
Read word by wordAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
Read word by word“Some of you I overthrew as 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.
Read word by wordTherefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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