סְדֹםÇᵉdôm
Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
Pronunciation: sed-ome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5467
Meanings
proper name [of a location]: Sodom, important Canaanitish city named (usually) with Gomorrha (Genesis 13:10; Genesis 13:12; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 10:19; Genesis 18:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 39 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 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.
- Genesis 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.)
- Genesis 13:12 So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.
- Genesis 13:13 But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.
- Genesis 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).
- Genesis 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.
See every passage
- Genesis 10:19, 13:10, 13:12, 13:13, 14:2, 14:8, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12, 14:17, 14:21, 14:22, 18:16, 18:20, 18:22, 18:26, 19:1, 19:4, 19:24, 19:28
- Deuteronomy 29:23, 32:32
- Isaiah 1:9, 1:10, 3:9, 13:19
- Jeremiah 23:14, 49:18, 50:40
- Lamentations 4:6
- Ezekiel 16:46, 16:48, 16:49, 16:53, 16:55, 16:56
- Amos 4:11
- Zephaniah 2:9
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).