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2741 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Spiritually.3
Allegorically used also ( Revelation 11:8 ) to characterize, in a bad sense, the qualities of the spiritual (i.e. the spirit's) life: "which spiritually is called Sodom."
2742 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vine.3
… of Sodom."
2743 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vine.13
… of Sodom: The expression "vine of Sodom" ( Deuteronomy 32:32 ) has been supposed, especially because of the description in Josephus (BJ, IV, viii, 4), to refer to the colocynth …
2744 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.32
… of Sodom and Gomorrah were God's specific judgment on man's immorality. The dual marriages of the Patriarchs were due, chiefly, to the desire for children …
2745 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zeboiim.2
… with Sodom and Gomorrah. It is always mentioned next to Admah ( Genesis 10:19; 2, 8; Deuteronomy 29:23; Hosea 11:8 ). It is not to be confounded with Zeboim mentioned …
2746 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zoar.2
… from Sodom ( Genesis 19:20 - 23, 30 ), previously mentioned in Genesis 13:10; 2, 8, where its former name is said to have been Bela. In 19:22, its name is said to have been given …
2747 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Abraham.2 (William Smith)
… near Sodom, while Abram pitched his tent among the oak groves of Mamre, close to Hebron. Genesis 13. Lot with his family and possessions having been carried …
2748 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Amraphel.2 (William Smith)
Am’raphel ( keeper of the gods ), perhaps a Hamite king of Shinar or Babylonia, who joined the victorious incursion of the Elamite Chedorlaomer against the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the plain. Genesis 14. (b.c. 1898.)
2749 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Bera.2 (William Smith)
Be’ra ( son of evil ), king of Sodom. Genesis 14:2; also Genesis 14:21 .
2750 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Brimstone.2 (William Smith)
… around Sodom and Gomorrah abounded in sulphur and bitumen.
2751 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Cave.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom, Genesis 19:30; the cave of Machpelah, Genesis 23:17; cave of Makkedah, Joshua 10:10; cave of Adullam, 1 Samuel 22:1; cave of Engedi, 1 Samuel 24:3; Obadiah’s cave …
2752 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Chedorlaomer.2 (William Smith)
Chedorlao’mer, or Chedorla’omer ( servant of Laomer ), a king of Elam, in the time of Abraham, who with three other chiefs made war upon the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Zoar, and reduced them to servitude. Genesis 14:17 .
2753 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Cities.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom. Genesis 19:1-22. Even before the time of Abraham there were cities in Egypt, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 12:15; Numbers 13:22, and the Israelites, during their …
2754 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. En-gedi.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom. Genesis 14:7; comp. 2 Chronicles 20:2. Saul was told that David was in the “wilderness of Engedi”; and he took “three thousand men, and went to seek David and …
2755 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Gomorrah.2 (William Smith)
… under SODOM .
2756 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Hobah.2 (William Smith)
Ho’bah ( hiding-place ), the place to which Abraham pursued the kings who had pillaged Sodom. Genesis 14:15. It was situated “to the north of Damascus.”
2757 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Lot.2 (William Smith)
… as Sodom. Genesis 13:10-14. The next occurrence in the life of Lot is his capture by the four kings of the east and his rescue by Abram. ch. Genesis 14. The last scene …
2758 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Melchizedek.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom) of a settled Canaanitish tribe. The “order of Melchizedek,” in Psalm 110:4, is explained to mean “manner” = likeness in official dignity = a king and priest …
2759 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Salt.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom.” The salt-pits formed an important source of revenue to the rulers of the country, and Antiochus conferred a valuable boon on Jerusalem by presenting …
2760 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sea The Salt.3 (William Smith)
… of Sodom, in the Talmud; (7) The Asphaltic Lake, in Josephus; (8) The name “Dead Sea” appears to have been first used in Greek by Pausanias and Galen, and in Latin ( mare …