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2621 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שָׁקַט.2
… (of Sodom). 2. cause quietness: subj. י׳ Jb 34:29, לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָ֑ע ψ 94:13; pacify, allay, obj. רִיב Pr 15:18 .
2622 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Abraham.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… which Sodom was situated, and removed thither; and thus the uncle and nephew were separated. Immediately after this Abram was cheered by a repetition of the …
2623 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Abraham.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
… toward Sodom; while the Lord tarried behind and talked with Abraham, making known to him the destruction that was about to fall on that guilty city. The patriarch …
2624 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Admah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… with Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:24; Deuteronomy 29:23 ). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam of Joshua 3:16, the name of which still lingers in Damieh …
2625 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Amraphel.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… against Sodom and cities of the plain ( Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:4 ). It is now found that Amraphel (or Ammirapaltu) is the Khammu-rabi whose name appears on recently …
2626 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Apple.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
The so-called “apple of Sodom” some have supposed to be the Solanum sanctum (Heb. hedek), rendered “brier” (q.v.) in Micah 7:4, a thorny plant bearing fruit like the potato-apple. This shrub abounds in the Jordan valley. (See ENGEDI .)
2627 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Bela.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot’s intercession ( Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:23 ). It is first mentioned in …
2628 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Bera.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Bera — gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under Chedorlaomer ( Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:17, Genesis 14:21 ).
2629 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Brier.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom” (q.v.).
2630 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. City.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , Gaza, Sodom, etc. ( Genesis 10:12, Genesis 10:19; Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:9; Genesis 36:31-39 ). The earliest description of a city is that of Sodom ( Genesis 19:1-22 ). Damascus …
2631 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Dale, the king’s.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom met Abraham ( Genesis 14:17 ). Some have identified it with the southern part of the valley of Jehoshaphat, where Absalom reared his family monument …
2632 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Engedi.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom.’” Through Samaria, etc. (See APPLE .)
2633 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Gate.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Gate — (1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 37:13; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 3:3 ), of Sodom ( Genesis 19:1 ), of Gaza ( Judges 16:3 ).
2634 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Gomorrah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… after Sodom, both of which were types of impiety and wickedness ( Genesis 18:20; Romans 9:29 ). Their destruction is mentioned as an “ensample unto those that after …
2635 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. King’s dale.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
King’s dale — mentioned only in Genesis 14:17; 2 Samuel 18:18, the name given to “the valley of Shaveh,” where the king of Sodom met Abram.
2636 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Lot.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… in Sodom ( Genesis 13:5-13 ). There his righteous soul was “vexed” from day to day ( 2 Peter 2:7 ), and he had great cause to regret this act. Not many years after the separation …
2637 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mandrakes.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom’ and the potato plant.” It possesses stimulating and narcotic properties ( Genesis 30:14-16 ). The fruit of this plant resembles the potato-apple in size …
2638 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Siddim, Vale of.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom and the cities of the plain. God afterwards, on account of their wickedness, “overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the …
2639 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Siddim, Vale of.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
Some, however, contend that the “cities of the plain” were somewhere at the north of the Dead Sea. (See SODOM .)