Search for: sodom

2661 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 …

2662 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 …

2663 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 …

2664 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 …

2665 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 …

2666 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 …

2667 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 …

2668 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.5

… in Sodom. A fugitive, having escaped, went and announced the result of the engagement to Abram, who was at that time living by Mamre's oak plantation. The patriarch …

2669 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amraphel.8

… against Sodom, as the ally of Chedorlaomer, before he became king, and was simply crown prince. In that case, like Belshazzar, he was called "king" by anticipation …

2670 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.19

… destroy Sodom ( Genesis 19:13 ); when David numbers the people, an angel destroys them by pestilence ( 2 Samuel 24:16 ); it is by an angel that the Assyrian army is destroyed …

2671 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.21

… for Sodom; Genesis 22:11 ff--the angel interposes to prevent the sacrifice of Isaac; Genesis 24:7, 40 --Abraham sends Eliezer and promises the angel's protection …

2672 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.28

… Jerusalem, Sodom, and its rulers, those of Gomorrah. For Berial (Belial) had great wrath against Isaiah because he had revealed the coming of Christ and the mission …

2674 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apples of Sodom.2

… , article "Sodom," col. 4669, note 2). This colocynth is supposed to be the "wild vine" mentioned 2 Kings 4:39. The "vine of Sodom" of Deuteronomy 32:32 has been supposed …

2676 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Archaeology; Archaeology and Criticism.97

… of Sodom and Gomorrah, the three Amorites, Melchizedek; in my view, also, Abram and Lot, and probably the four overwhelmed cities). (2) The expedition of the kings …

2677 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Arioch.3

… against Sodom, Gomorrah and other states ( Genesis 14:1, 9 ). Assyriologists generally, and probably rightly, identify Arioch with Eri-Aku (which see), king of Larsa …

2678 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Attitudes.10

… at Sodom ( Genesis 19:1 ). Joshua fell on his face before the prince of the host of Yahweh ( Joshua 5:14 ). This attitude was a common one to Ezekiel as he saw his wonderful …

2679 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ben-ammi.2

… of Sodom. The account of his birth as well as that of Moab was commonly regarded as an expression of Israel's intense hatred and contempt toward these two …

2680 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bera.2

Bera - be'-ra (bera`, "gift"(?); compare HPN, 74 note): King of Sodom ( Genesis 14:2 ) who in the battle of Siddim was subdued by Chedorlaomer.