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2761 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 …

2762 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.)

2763 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 …

2765 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 …

2766 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 …

2767 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 …

2768 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.

2769 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 …

2771 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 …

2772 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 …

2773 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.

2774 Strong's Greek Dictionary (KJV), p. SODOMA.2 (James Strong)

plural of Hebrew origin (Cdom Cdom ); Sodoma (i.e. Sedom), a place in Palestine:--Sodom.

2775 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. Γόμορρα.2

Sodom and its neighbor cities: Genesis 19:24. Their site is now occupied by the Asphaltic Lake or Dead Sea [cf. BB. DD., see under the words, Gomorrah and Sodom]: Matthew …

2776 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. Σόδομα.2

… ( סְדֹם ), Sodom, a city respecting the location and the destruction of which see Γόμορρα (and (in addition to references there given) McClintock and Strong's …

2777 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Among.3

… toward Sodom” (13:12). This word is used 222 times in the Old Testament; it is predominant in the Pentateuch (especially Deuteronomy) but is rare in the historical …

2778 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Angel.7

… at Sodom: “And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face …

2779 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Boundary.5

… , unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha” ( Genesis 10:19 ). In Exodus 34:24, Numbers 21:22, 1 Chronicles 21:12, and Psalms 105:31 - 32, gebûl is paralleled …

2780 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Break.2

… of Sodom threatened to “break” Lot’s door to take his house guests.The common word for “breaking” things, shâbar describes the breaking of earthen vessels …