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2621 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 …
2622 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 …
2623 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 .)
2624 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 …
2625 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 ).
2626 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Brier.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom” (q.v.).
2627 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 …
2628 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 …
2629 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Engedi.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom.’” Through Samaria, etc. (See APPLE .)
2630 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 ).
2631 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 …
2632 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.
2633 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 …
2634 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 …
2635 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 …
2637 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodom.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom.” It has been concluded, from this and from other considerations, that the cities of the plain stood at the southern end of the Dead Sea. Others, however …
2638 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodoma.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Sodoma — ( Romans 9:29; R.V., “Sodom”), the Greek form for Sodom.
2639 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodomites.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Sodomites — those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom ( Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27 ). Asa destroyed them “out of the land” ( 1 Kings 15:12 ), as did also his son Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:46 ).
2640 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Thorn.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Sodom,” which grows very abundantly in the Jordan valley. “It is a shrubby plant, from 3 to 5 feet high, with very branching stems, thickly clad with spines, like …