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 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).
  1. 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.
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 LagBN 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 DiGenesis 19:20ff. RobBR ii. 187 ff. GASmGeogr. 505 ff. BlankenhornZPV xix (1896), 53 ff BdPal. 3, 146 BuhlGeogr. 117, 271, 274. See also שִׂדִּים.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19; 13:10; 13:12; 13:13; 14; 18; 18:19; 18:22; 19:1; 19:20

Deuteronomy

29:22; 32:32

Isaiah

1:9; 1:10; 3:9; 13:19

Jeremiah

23:14; 49:18; 50:40

Lamentations

4:6

Ezekiel

16:46; 16:48; 16:49; 16:53; 16:55; 16:56

Amos

4:11

Zephaniah

2:9