Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H6017
עֲמֹרָה
Amoraham-o-raw'
Gomorrah
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻĂmôrâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6017is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6017
Amorah, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Gomorrah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Amorah is rendered "Gomorrah". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 10:19וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's nineteen uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Gomorrah9
- and Gomorrah7
- like Gomorrah2
- to Gomorrah1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה3
- וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה2
- עֲמֹרָ֔ה2
- עֲמֹרָ֑ה2
- עֲמֹרָֽה׃2
- וַעֲמֹרָ֔ה1
- וַעֲמֹרָה֙1
- כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה1
- כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ ס1
- לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה1
- עֲמֹרָ֗ה1
- עֲמֹרָ֖ה1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)9HNpl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7HC/Npl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3HR/Npl
Genesis
nine uses
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- וַעֲמֹרָ֛הvaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- עֲמֹרָ֔הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- עֲמֹרָ֑הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
- עֲמֹרָ֗הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
- וַעֲמֹרָ֖הvaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
- וַעֲמֹרָ֛הvaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- וַעֲמֹרָ֖הvaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- עֲמֹרָ֖הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- וַעֲמֹרָ֔הvaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
Deuteronomy
two uses
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
- וַעֲמֹרָה֙vaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
- עֲמֹרָ֑הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
Isaiah
three uses
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- לַעֲמֹרָ֖הlaamorahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Gomorrah
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- עֲמֹרָֽה׃ʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- עֲמֹרָֽה׃ʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
Jeremiah
three uses
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
- כַּעֲמֹרָֽה׃ סkaamorahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like Gomorrah
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- וַעֲמֹרָ֛הvaamorahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gomorrah
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- עֲמֹרָ֛הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
Amos
one use
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- עֲמֹרָ֔הʾamorahproper noun (a name)tagged: Gomorrah
Zephaniah
one use
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔הkaamorahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like Gomorrah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.