עֲמֹרָה
amora · Gomorrah
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6017 · appears 19 times in the Bible
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amora (עֲמֹרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gomorrah”.
A city near Sodom, destroyed with it.
How to say it
a·mo·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Gomorrah ?
Today: disputed; near the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain, next to Sodom; its site is not known for certain.
God destroyed it together with Sodom for its great sin (Gen 18:20; 19:24).
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Where it appears
- Genesis 10:19
And the territory of the Canaanites was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza; in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, that all of it was well-watered (before YHWH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of YHWH, like the land of Egypt, as you go toward Zoar.
- Genesis 14:2
that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and drew up battle lines against them in the Valley of Siddim,
- Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was pit after pit of bitumen; and as they fled, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell there, and those who were left fled to the mountains.
- Genesis 14:11
They took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and went away.
- Genesis 18:20
Then YHWH said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is indeed very grave.
- Genesis 19:24
Then YHWH rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from YHWH out of the heavens.
- Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and look, the smoke of the land was going up like the smoke of a furnace.
- Deuteronomy 29:23
—all its land brimstone and salt, a burning; it will not be sown, and it will not sprout, and no plant will come up in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in his anger and in his wrath—
- Deuteronomy 32:32
For their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; they have bitter clusters.
- Isaiah 1:9
Unless YHWH Tsevaot had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of YHWH, rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our Elohim, people of Gomorrah!
- Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the ornament of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like the overthrow by Elohim of Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 23:14
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: committing adultery and walking in falsehood; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns back from his evil; they have become to me, all of them, like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 49:18
As at the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says YHWH, no one will dwell there, nor will a son of man reside in it.
- Jeremiah 50:40
As at the overthrow by Elohim of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, declares YHWH, no one will dwell there, nor will a son of man reside in it.
- Amos 4:11
I overthrew some among you as when Elohim overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick snatched from the fire; yet you did not return to me, declares YHWH.
- Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as I live, declares YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel, surely Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and a pit of salt, and a desolation forever; the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the rest of my nation will inherit them.”