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Definition of Gomorrah
1. Noun. (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion
Definition of Gomorrah
1. Proper noun. (biblical) A town destroyed with Sodom by God for its sins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomorrah
Literary usage of Gomorrah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"of our God, ye people of gomorrah.' Here our author expressly avers that tho
rulers of Sodom, and people of gomorrah, denote the rulers and people of ..."
2. The Messages of the Poets: The Books of Job and Canticles and Some Minor by Nathaniel Schmidt (1911)
"The Translation The cry of Sodom and gomorrah 's great That very ... On Sodom
and gomorrah Yahwe rained; Brimstone and fire from out of heaven came. ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal by Robert Jameson, William Jardine, Henry Darwin Rogers (1826)
"The Destruction of Sodom and gomorrah, occasioned by Volcanic Agency. JL HE
destruction of the five cities on the borders of the Lake ..."
4. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"11 And thev took all the goods of Sodom ana gomorrah, and all their victuals,
and went their way. Il' And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, ..."
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