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Lexicon :: Strong's H6017 - ʿămōrâ

Aa
עֲמֹרָה
Transliteration
ʿămōrâ
Pronunciation
am-o-raw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֲמֹרָה ʻĂmôrâh, am-o-raw'; from H6014; a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine:—Gomorrah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6017 in the following manner: Gomorrah (19x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H6017 in the following manner: Gomorrah (19x).

  1. Gomorrah = "submersion"

    1. the twin-city in evil with Sodom, both destroyed in judgment by God with fire from heaven

      1. of iniquity (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲמֹרָה ʻĂmôrâh, am-o-raw'; from H6014; a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine:—Gomorrah.
STRONGS H6017: Abbreviations
† עֲמֹרָה 19 proper name, of a location Gomorrah, Γομορρα (Γ = bdb077106; √ II. עמר according to LagBN 54); — always with H5467 סְדֹם which see; Genesis 10:19 + 8 times Genesis; in simile Amos 4:11; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 13:19; Deuteronomy 29:22; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Zephaniah 2:9, compare Deuteronomy 32:32; figurative of iniquity Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 23:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19

Deuteronomy

29:22; 32:32

Isaiah

1:9; 1:10; 13:19

Jeremiah

23:14; 49:18; 50:40

Amos

4:11

Zephaniah

2:9

H6017

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6017 matches the Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrâ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - They 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).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11 - And the four kings took all the goods and food from Sodom and Gomorrah and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:10 - Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As at the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns, says the Lord, no man will be living in it, no son of man will have a resting-place there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.
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