Γόμορρα G1116
Gomorrah; one of the cities of the plain destroyed by divine judgment, used as a byword for extreme wickedness.
The proper name of one of the cities of the Jordan plain destroyed along with Sodom by fire and sulfur (Gen 19). In the NT, it functions almost exclusively as an archetype of catastrophic divine judgment. Jesus invokes Sodom and Gomorrah to warn inhospitable cities that their fate will be worse (Matt 10:15; Mark 6:11). Paul quotes Isaiah's reference to Gomorrah regarding Israel's near-total destruction (Rom 9:29). Both Peter and Jude cite their overthrow as a warning example for the ungodly (2 Pet 2:6; Jude 1:7). The name is consistently transliterated across languages — 'Gomorra' in Spanish, German, and French — testifying to its universal recognition.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The city of Gomorrah, destroyed by God alongside Sodom as an act of definitive judgment. Every NT occurrence pairs it with Sodom in contexts of warning: Jesus' commissioning discourse uses it as a standard of judgment against rejecting towns (Matt 10:15; Mark 6:11), Paul cites Isaiah 1:9 to show God's mercy in preserving a remnant (Rom 9:29), and the catholic epistles present the cities' fiery overthrow as a paradigmatic example for the ungodly (2 Pet 2:6; Jude 1:7). The Hebrew source name is Amorah, reflecting its Canaanite origin. 5×
amh["ገሞራ"]·AR["عمورة", "عَمورَةَ", "عَمُورَةَ"]·ben["Gomórrhas", "গমোরা", "গমোরার", "ঘমোরা", "ঘমোরার"]·ces["Gomora"]·dan["Gomorra,"]·DE["Gomorra", "Γομόρρων"]·ell["Γόμορρα,"]·EN["Gomorra", "Gomorrah", "of-Gomorra", "of-Gomorrah"]·FR["Gomorrhe", "Gomorrhe,"]·guj["ગમોરા,"]·hat["Gomò"]·hau["Gwamrata"]·heb["לַעֲמוֹרָה", "עֲמֹרָה", "עמורה"]·HI["अमोरा", "अमोरा-की", "अमोरा-को"]·hun["Gomorra"]·ID["Gomora"]·IT["Gomorra", "gomorras"]·jav["Gomora"]·JA["ゴモラ"]·KO["고모라", "고모라에게", "고모라와", "고모라의"]·mar["गमोरा,"]·mya["ဂေါမောရ"]·nld["Gomorra"]·nor["Gomorra"]·pnb["عمورہ"]·pol["Gomora"]·PT["Gomorra", "de-Gomorra"]·ron["Gomora,"]·RU["Гоморра", "Гоморре", "Гоморрской", "Гоморры"]·ES["Gomorra", "Gómorra", "de-Gómorra"]·SW["Gomora", "Gomorra"]·swe["Gomorra"]·tam["கொமோரா"]·tel["గొమొర్రా"]·tgl["Gomorra"]·TH["โกโมราห์"]·TR["Gomora'nın", "Gomora'ya", "Gomora,"]·ukr["Гоморра"]·urd["عمورہ", "عمورہ-کو"]·VI["Gô-mô-rơ"]·yor["Gómórà,"]·yue["蛾摩拉"]·ZH["蛾摩拉"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Γόμορρα, -ας, ἡ, and -ων, τά (Heb. עֲמֹרָה), Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Gen.19): Mat.10:15, Rom.9:29" (LXX), 2Pe.2:6, Ju 7.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)