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2761 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 …
2762 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Gomorrah.2 (William Smith)
… under SODOM .
2763 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.”
2764 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 …
2765 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 …
2766 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 …
2767 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 …
2768 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sea The Salt.4 (William Smith)
… era. [ SODOM; ZOAR ] The belief which prompted the idea of some modern writers that the Dead Sea was formed by the catastrophe which overthrew the “cities of the …
2769 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Shemeber.2 (William Smith)
Sheme’ber ( lofty flight ), king of Zeboiam, and ally of the king of Sodom when he was attacked by Chedorlaomer. Genesis 14:2. (b.c. 1912.)
2770 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Siddim.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Bela seem to have awaited the approach of the invaders. It is therefore probable that it was in the neighborhood of the …
2772 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodom.2 (William Smith)
… Zoar. Sodom was evidently the chief town in the settlement. The four are first named in the ethnological records of Genesis 10:19 as belonging to the Canaanites …
2773 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodom.3 (William Smith)
… . That Sodom and the rest of the cities of the plain of Jordan stood on the north of the Dead Sea; 2. That neither the cities nor the district were submerged by the …
2774 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodom.4 (William Smith)
… indeed Sodom and its sister cities are really under the water.—Ed.) The miserable fate of Sodom and Gomorrah is held up as a warning in numerous passages of the …
2775 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodoma.2 (William Smith)
Sod’oma. Romans 9:29. In this place alone the Authorized Version has followed the Greek and Vulgate form of the well-known name Sodom.
2776 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sodomites.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom; but it is employed in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament for those who practiced as a religious rite the abominable and unnatural vice …
2777 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Vine of Sodom.1 (William Smith)
Vine of Sodom
2778 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Vine of Sodom.2 (William Smith)
… of Sodom occurs only in Deuteronomy 32:32. It is generally supposed that this passage alludes to the celebrated apples of Sodom, of which Josephus speaks …
2779 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Zoar.2 (William Smith)
… to Sodom. vs. Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 19:27. The definite position of Sodom is, and probably will always be, a mystery; but there can be little doubt that …
2780 Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (KJV), p. CDOM.2 (James Strong)
from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea:-- Sodom.