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Lexicon :: Strong's H6017 - ʿămōrâ

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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 Box Gen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - And 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 joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11 - Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Unless the LORD of hosts
Had left to us a very small remnant,
We would have become like Sodom,
We would have been made like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:10 - Hear the word of the LORD,
You rulers of Sodom;
Give ear to the law of our God,
You people of Gomorrah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the LORD,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the LORD,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live,”
Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely Moab shall be like Sodom,
And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
Overrun with weeds and saltpits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
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