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Gomorrah

Gomorrah (Biblical Place • 31.157°N, 35.474°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 13:10 , Gen 14:2 , Gen 14:8 , Gen 14:10 , Gen 14:11 . It is closely linked with Lot (Generation 21 • Child of Haran ): ( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 )

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Lot (Generation 21 • Child of Haran ): ( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 ) (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 12 , Genesis 13 ) Gaham (Generation 21 • Child of Nahor ): Mother:Reumah ( Genesis 22:24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 22 ) Nahor (Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug ): Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line , child of Serug , parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 ) (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 22 , Genesis 24 ) Jerimoth (Generation 25 • Child of Bela ): Jerimoth is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Bela . ( 1 Chronicles 7:7 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7 , 1 Chronicles 12 , 1 Chronicles 24 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gomorrah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 13:10 , Gen 14:2 , Gen 14:8 , Gen 14:10 , Gen 14:11 .) Gomer (Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 38:6 .) Golgotha (Ancient biblical location referenced in Matt 27:33 , Mark 15:22 , John 19:17 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Goah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 31:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 14:11 : "And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their victuals, and went their way."; Genesis 19:24 : "Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;"; Genesis 18:20 : "And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 14 ( Genesis • Chapter 14 (24 verses)), Isaiah 1 ( Isaiah • Chapter 1 (31 verses)), Isaiah 13 ( Isaiah • Chapter 13 (22 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Gomorrah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.157°N, 35.474°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 13:10 , Gen 14:2 , Gen 14:8 , Gen 14:10 , Gen 14:11 .

Lot
99% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Haran

( Genesis 11:27 ) Lot and his family were the only ones saved from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:29 )

Genesis 14
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 14 (24 verses)

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar , Arioch king of Ellasar , Chedorlaomer king of Elam , and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom , and with Birsha king of Gomorrah , Shinab king of Admah , and Shemeber king of Zeboiim , and the kin... Mentions: Elam , Bela , Ham , Amalekites , Lot , Shinar , Ellasar , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Isaiah 1
99% Chapter
Isaiah • Chapter 1 (31 verses)

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah , Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah . Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled ... Mentions: Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Judah, Azariah (or Uzziah), Jotham , Ahaz , Jerusalem , Zion , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Isaiah 13
99% Chapter
Isaiah • Chapter 13 (22 verses)

The burden of Babylon , which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger... Mentions: Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Babylon , Ophir , Sodom , Gomorrah .

2 Esdras 2
99% Chapter
2 Esdras • Chapter 2 (48 verses)

Thus says the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage, and I gave them my commandments by my servants the prophets; whom they would not hear, but set my counsels at nothing. The mother that bare them says to them, go your way, O my children; for I am a widow and forsaken. I br... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem , Horeb .

Isaiah
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 66 Chapters

Isaiah (Old Testament, 66 chapters). Key figures: Jeshaiah (Isaiah), Judah , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Sodom , Gomorrah , Lebanon , Bashan . Opens with: "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings o..."

Amos 4
99% Chapter
Amos • Chapter 4 (13 verses)

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan , that are in the mountain of Samaria , which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Bashan , Samaria , Gilgal 1 , Egypt , Sodom .

Genesis 19
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 19 (38 verses)

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, an... Mentions: Lot, Abram/Abraham , Moab , Moabites , Ammon , Sodom, Zoar , Gomorrah .

2 Esdras
99% Apocrypha
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters

2 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Aaron , Levi , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Egypt , Tyre , Sidon , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem . Opens with: "THE second book of the prophet Esdras, Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ah..."

Genesis 18
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 18 (33 verses)

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And s... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Mamre , Sodom , Gomorrah .

Zephaniah 2
99% Chapter
Zephaniah • Chapter 2 (15 verses)

Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth... Mentions: Canaan , Judah , Moab , Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Gaza , Ashkelon , Ashdod , Ekron .

Genesis 13
99% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 13 (18 verses)

And Abram went up out of Egypt , he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning,... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Lot , Canaan , Hebron , Egypt , Jordan , Sodom , Gomorrah , Zoar .

Jeremiah 49
99% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 49 (39 verses)

Concerning the Ammonites , thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad , and his people dwell in his cities? Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonite... Mentions: Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Gad , Ammon , Esau ( Edom ), Rabbah , Heshbon , Edom, Teman .

Deuteronomy 32
99% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 32 (52 verses)

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascri... Mentions: Adam , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Nun (or Non ), Moab , Bashan , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jordan .

Genesis 10
98% Chapter
Genesis • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah , Shem , Ham , and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth ; Gomer , and Magog , and Madai, and Javan , and Tubal , and Meshech , and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz , and Riphath, and Togarmah. Mentions: Noah , Shem , Ham , Japheth, Cush , Ham 2 , Gomer, Magog , Javan , Tubal .

Deuteronomy 29
98% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 29 (29 verses)

These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab , beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb . And Moses called unto all Israel , and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your ... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel, Moab , Manasseh , Abram/Abraham , Horeb , Egypt , Heshbon , Bashan .

Jeremiah 50
98% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 50 (46 verses)

The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idol... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Babylon, Zion , Chaldea , Assyria , Carmel .

Jeremiah 23
97% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 23 (40 verses)

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon yo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , David , Judah , Baal , Egypt , Samaria , Jerusalem , Sodom .

Gomer
76% Place
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 38:6 .

Gaham
72% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Nahor

Mother:Reumah ( Genesis 22:24 )

Nahor
70% Messianic Line
Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug

Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line , child of Serug , parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 )

Judges
66% Old Testament
Old Testament • 21 Chapters

Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."

Amos
63% Old Testament
Old Testament • 9 Chapters

Amos (Old Testament, 9 chapters). Key figures: Amos, Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Joash , Esau ( Edom ). Key places: Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus , Gilead . Opens with: "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah , and in the days o..."

Jerimoth
63% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Bela

Jerimoth is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Bela . ( 1 Chronicles 7:7 )

Golgotha
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Matt 27:33 , Mark 15:22 , John 19:17 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Nahum 3
62% Chapter
Nahum • Chapter 3 (19 verses)

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: a... Mentions: Nineveh , Ethiopia , Egypt , Libya , Assyria .

גּוֹרָל
goral
H1486 Hebrew
lot, destiny, allotment, inheritance

lot, destiny, allotment, inheritance. Sacred lot cast to determine divine will (Proverbs 16:33), allocate promised land to tribes, and designate Yom Kippur goats (Leviticus 16:8).

Goah
61% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 31:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Amos 1
61% Chapter
Amos • Chapter 1 (15 verses)

The words of Amos , who was among the herdmen of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel , two years before the earthquake. And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion , and utter his voice ... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel, Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Joash , Tekoa , Zion , Jerusalem , Carmel , Damascus .

Ithamar
59% Gen 27
Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

גְּבוּרָה
gebura
H1369 Hebrew
might, power, heroic strength

might, power, heroic strength. Heroic strength, might, victory; power of God demonstrated in creation and in the historical redemption of Israel from Egypt.

Becorath
59% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Rapha (or Aphiah?)

Becorath is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Rapha (or Aphiah ?), parent of Zeror . ( 1 Samuel 9:1 )

Aram
58% Gen 12
Generation 12 • Child of Shem

( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 )

Abram/Abraham
58% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Terah
58% Messianic Line
Generation 19 • Messianic Line • Child of Nahor

Terah is a biblical figure in Generation 19 of the Messianic Line , child of Nahor , parent of Haran , Abram/Abraham , Nahor . ( Genesis 11:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 11:32 )

Scripture Passages (24)

Genesis 14:11 (KJV)
Genesis 14 KJV

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their victuals, and went their way.

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Isaiah 13:19 (KJV)
Isaiah 13 KJV

And Babylon , the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah .

Isaiah 1:10 (KJV)
Isaiah 1 KJV

Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah .

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:

Isaiah 1:9 (KJV)
Isaiah 1 KJV

Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom , and we should have been like unto Gomorrah .

Genesis 14:10 (KJV)
Genesis 14 KJV

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon , as thou comest to Gerar , unto Gaza ; as thou goest, unto Sodom , and Gomorrah , and Admah , and Zeboiim , even unto Lasha .

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

Genesis 14:2 (KJV)
Genesis 14 KJV

That these 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 .

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah , and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah , and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

Genesis 14:8 (KJV)
Genesis 14 KJV

And there went out the king of Sodom , and the king of Gomorrah , and the king of Admah , and the king of Zeboiim , and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan , that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt , as thou comest unto Zoar .

And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom , and Gomorrah , Admah , and Zeboiim , which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom , and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah .

Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel , Surely Moab shall be as Sodom , and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah , even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath , and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah .

Gomer , and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom , and been made like unto Gomorrha.

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

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