Lexicon :: Strong's H5467 - sᵊḏōm

סְדֹם

Transliteration

sᵊḏōm

Pronunciation

sed-ome'

Part of Speech

proper locative noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to scorch

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1465

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

סְדֹם Çᵉdôm, sed-ome'; from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea:—Sodom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H5467 in the following manner: Sodom (39x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H5467 in the following manner: Sodom (39x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Sodom = "burning"
1. a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

סְדֹם Çᵉdôm, sed-ome'; from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea:—Sodom.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5467: Abbreviations

סְדֹּם ₃₉ proper name, of a location Sodom, important Canaanitish city named (usually) with Gomorrha (עֲמֹרָה, which see); — Ζόδομα (inflected Ζοδόμώ, Ζοδομοις): — ס׳ (on formation compare Lag^{BN 54}), Genesis 13:10, 12, 13 + 7 times Genesis 18, 19, + מְדֹ֫מָה (ה locative) Genesis 10:19; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 19:1 (all J), + 8 times Genesis 14; from 8th cent. onwards, used as illustrating י׳'s judgments, Amos 4:11; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 13:19; Deuteronomy 29:22; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Zephaniah 2:9; Lamentations 4:6; as proverbial for open sin Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 23:14 so metaphor קְצִינֵי ס׳ Isaiah 1:10 (i.e. rulers as corrupt as in Sodom), גֶּמֶּן ס׳ Deuteronomy 32:32 (i.e. wickedness like Sodom's); Judah compare with ס׳ to her disadvantage Ezekiel 16:46, 48, 49, 53, 55, 56. Site probably at south end of Dead Sea, where are now Jebel Usdum (southwest), and Zoar (southeast) compare Di^{Genesis 19:20ff.} Rob^{BR ii. 187 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 505 ff.} Blankenhorn^{ZPV xix (1896), 53 ff} Bd^{Pal. 3, 146} Buhl^{Geogr. 117, 271, 274}. See also שִׂדִּים.

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