Gomorrah

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gomorrah
       n : (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that
           (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and
           depravity of its inhabitants [syn: {Gomorrha}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Gomorrah
     submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.)
     which were destroyed by fire (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28).
     These cities probably stood close together, and were near the
     northern extremity of what is now the Dead Sea. This city is
     always mentioned next after Sodom, both of which were types of
     impiety and wickedness (Gen. 18:20; Rom. 9:29). Their
     destruction is mentioned as an "ensample unto those that after
     should live ungodly" (2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 1:4-7). Their wickedness
     became proverbial (Deut. 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; Jer. 23:14). But
     that wickedness may be exceeded (Matt. 10:15; Mark 6:11). (See
     DEAD {SEA}).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Gomorrah, rebellious people