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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 territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11 - The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - So the LORD told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
and their clusters are bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
had not spared a few of us,[fn]
we would have been wiped out like Sodom,
destroyed like Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:10 - Listen to the LORD, you leaders of “Sodom.”
Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms,
the flower of Chaldean pride,
will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse!
They commit adultery and love dishonesty.
They encourage those who are doing evil
so that no one turns away from their sins.
These prophets are as wicked
as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - I will destroy it as I[fn] destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - “I destroyed some of your cities,
as I destroyed[fn] Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those of you who survived
were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Now, as surely as I live,”
says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
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