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H6017עֲמֹרָהa.mo.rah

GomorrahPart of speech: Proper Name of a Location

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Occurrences by book

  1. 9
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 2
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 3
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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19 occurrences in 19 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 10:19

    And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.

    וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה (עֲמֹרָ֛ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  2. Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

    עֲמֹרָ֔ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  3. Genesis 14:2

    that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela--the same is Zoar.

    עֲמֹרָ֑ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  4. Genesis 14:8

    And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela--the same is Zoar; and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;

    עֲמֹרָ֗ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  5. Genesis 14:10

    Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

    וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (עֲמֹרָ֖ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  6. Genesis 14:11

    And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

    וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה (עֲמֹרָ֛ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  7. Genesis 18:20

    And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous.

    וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (עֲמֹרָ֖ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  8. Genesis 19:24

    Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

    עֲמֹרָ֖ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  9. Genesis 19:28

    And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

    וַעֲמֹרָ֔ה (עֲמֹרָ֔ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  10. Deuteronomy 29:22

    and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger, and in His

    וַעֲמֹרָה֙ (עֲמֹרָה֙) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  11. Deuteronomy 32:32

    For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter;

    עֲמֹרָ֑ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  12. Isaiah 1:9

    Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

    לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (עֲמֹרָ֖ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  13. Isaiah 1:10

    Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

    עֲמֹרָֽה׃ 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  14. Isaiah 13:19

    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

    עֲמֹרָֽה׃ 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  15. Jeremiah 23:14

    But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies, and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them become unto Me as Sodom, and the inhabitan

    כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ (עֲמֹרָֽה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  16. Jeremiah 49:18

    As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

    וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה (עֲמֹרָ֛ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  17. Jeremiah 50:40

    As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

    עֲמֹרָ֛ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  18. Amos 4:11

    I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.

    עֲמֹרָ֔ה 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”

  19. Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding-place of nettles, and saltpits, and a desolation, for ever; the residue of My people shall spoil them

    כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה (עֲמֹרָ֔ה) 'a.mo.Rah “Gomorrah”