Definition of Gomorrah

1. Noun. (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.

Exact synonyms: Gomorrha
Category relationships: Old Testament
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion

Definition of Gomorrah

1. Proper noun. (biblical) A town destroyed with Sodom by God for its sins. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomorrah

Goltz syndrome
Goma
Gombault's triangle
Gombrowicz
Gomel
Gomoku
Gomori's aldehyde fuchsin stain
Gomori's chrome alum haematoxylin-phloxine stain
Gomori's methenamine-silver stain
Gomori's non-specific acid phosphatase stain
Gomori's non-specific alkaline phosphatase stain
Gomori's one-step trichrome stain
Gomori's silver impregnation stain
Gomori procedure
Gomorrha
Gompers
Gompertz
Gompertz' hypothesis
Gompertz' law
Gompertz curve
Gompertz curves
Gompertzian
Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium
Gomphrena
Gomphrena globosa
Goncharovian

Literary usage of Gomorrah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"of our God, ye people of gomorrah.' Here our author expressly avers that tho rulers of Sodom, and people of gomorrah, denote the rulers and people of ..."

2. The Messages of the Poets: The Books of Job and Canticles and Some Minor by Nathaniel Schmidt (1911)
"The Translation The cry of Sodom and gomorrah 's great That very ... On Sodom and gomorrah Yahwe rained; Brimstone and fire from out of heaven came. ..."

3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal by Robert Jameson, William Jardine, Henry Darwin Rogers (1826)
"The Destruction of Sodom and gomorrah, occasioned by Volcanic Agency. JL HE destruction of the five cities on the borders of the Lake ..."

4. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"11 And thev took all the goods of Sodom ana gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. Il' And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, ..."

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