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2641 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Zoar.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… from Sodom ( Genesis 19:22, Genesis 19:23 ). It was originally called Bela ( Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8 ). It is referred to by the prophets Isaiah ( Isaiah 15:5 ) and Jeremiah …
2642 Etymology dictionary, p. ass (n.2).3
… in "Sodom or the Quintessence of Debauchery": "I would advise you, sir, to make a pass/Once more at Pockenello's loyal arse." It is perhaps as early as Shakespeare's …
2643 Etymology dictionary, p. faggot (n.2).4
… of Sodom and Gomorrah), but in England, where parliament had made homosexuality a capital offense in 1533, hanging was the method prescribed. Use of faggot …
2644 Etymology dictionary, p. Sodom (n.).1
Sodom (n.)
2645 Etymology dictionary, p. Sodom (n.).2
… French Sodome, Latin Sodoma, ultimately from Hebrew s'dom, which is of unknown origin.
2646 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomize (v.).1
sodomize (v.)
2647 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomize (v.).2
… : Sodomized; sodomizing. In Dutch slang, besodemieteren means "to deceive," and perhaps is built from the traditional notion of "corruption" in Sodom.
2648 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomy (n.).2
… Biblical Sodom, especially between men but also with beasts, from Old French sodomie. Compare Late Latin peccatum Sodomiticum "anal sex," literally "the sin …
2649 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomise (v.).1
sodomise (v.)
2650 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomise (v.).2
chiefly British English spelling of sodomize. For suffix, see -ize. Related: Sodomised; sodomising .
2651 Etymology dictionary, p. sodomite (n.).2
… of Sodom; sodomite," also a general term of abuse, or directly from Late Latin Sodomita, from Greek Sodomit ē s "inhabitant of Sodom" (see Sodom, also sodomy ).
2652 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abimelech.3
… of Sodom Abraham journeyed with his herds and flocks into the extreme Southeast country of Palestine ( Genesis 20:1 - 18 ). While sojourning at Gerar, the city …
2653 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.37
… of Sodom. Lot and his family, saved thus by human fidelity and Divine clemency, exhibit in the moral traits shown in their escape and subsequent life the degeneration …
2654 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.42
… ), of Sodom ( Genesis 14:21 ) and of Gerar ( Genesis 20:14 - 16 ) was no more than might be expected from their relative degrees of political importance, although a moral …
2655 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Admah.2
… with Sodom and Gomorrah. Conder tentatively identifies it with the City of Adam referred to in Joshua 3:16, and thinks that perhaps the name may be preserved …
2656 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adoration.8
… for Sodom ( Genesis 18:22 ). Compare 1 Samuel 1:26. The Pharisee in the parable "stood and prayed" ( Luke 18:11 ), and the hypocrites are said to "pray standing in the synagogues …
2657 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.5
… agrapha. "Sodom is justified more than thou" seems to be really from Ezekiel 16:53 and its context. "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath" is of apostolic not evangelic …
2658 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).46
… of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Amos 4:11 ) is only intelligible on the supposition that the story of that catastrophe was a matter of common knowledge; and it would be …
2659 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.3
… Against Sodom and Gomorrah: This name, which is identified with that of the renowned Babylonian king Hammurabi (which see), is only found in Genesis 14:1, 9, where …
2660 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.4
… of Sodom and Gomorrah, with their allies, fled, and fell among the bitumen-pits of which the place was full, whilst those who got away took refuge in the mountain …