Gomorrah (go-mŏr'rah), submersion. One of the five cities in the vale of Siddim, Genesis 1:14-11; destroyed for its wickedness, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 19:28; made a warning by Moses, Deuteronomy 29:23, Deuteronomy 32:32; referred to by Isaiah 1:1-10; by Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 49:18, Jeremiah 50:40; by Amos 4:11; by Zephaniah 2:9 : by our Saviour, Matthew 10:15, Mark 6:11, A. V.; by Paul, quoting Isaiah, Romans 9:29; by Peter and Jude, 2 Peter 2:6. Its site is disputed. Some place it at the southern, others at the northern, end of the Dead. Sea.


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