סְדֹם
sedom · Sodom
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5467 · appears 39 times in the Bible
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sedom (סְדֹם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sodom”.
A city of the plain of the Jordan, destroyed for its wickedness; later an example of sin and of judgment.
How to say it
se·dom
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
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
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 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were evil and great sinners against YHWH.
- 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 14:12
They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, and his possessions, and went away; for he was living in Sodom.
- Genesis 14:17
After he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Valley of the King).
- Genesis 14:21
The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the possessions for yourself.”
- Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to YHWH, El Elyon, owner of the heavens and earth,
- Genesis 18:16
Then the men got up from there and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them on their way.
- Genesis 18:20
Then YHWH said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is indeed very grave.
- Genesis 18:22
The men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before YHWH.
- Genesis 18:26
YHWH said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
- Genesis 19:1
The two messengers came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
- Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from young to old, all the people from every quarter.
- 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 3:9
The look of their faces testifies against them, and their sin, like Sodom, they proclaim; they do not hide it. Woe to their soul, for they have brought evil on themselves!
- 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.
- Lamentations 4:6
And greater was the iniquity of the daughter of my people than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were turned against her.
- Ezekiel 16:46
And your older sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, who dwell at your left; and your sister who is younger than you, who dwells at your right, is Sodom and her daughters.
- Ezekiel 16:48
As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, Sodom your sister, she and her daughters, has not done as you and your daughters have done.
- Ezekiel 16:49
Look, this was the iniquity of Sodom your sister: pride, fullness of bread, and careless ease were hers and her daughters’, but the hand of the poor and the needy she did not strengthen.
- Ezekiel 16:53
And I will bring back their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives in their midst,
- Ezekiel 16:55
And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state.
- Ezekiel 16:56
And was not Sodom your sister a report in your mouth in the day of your pride,
- 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.”
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