Help QuickNav Adv. Options
DBY

DBY

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H6017 - ʿămōrâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
עֲמֹרָה
Transliteration
ʿămōrâ
Pronunciation
am-o-raw'
Listen
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֲמֹרָה ʻĂmôrâh, am-o-raw'; from H6014; a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine:—Gomorrah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H6017 in the following manner: Gomorrah (19x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H6017 in the following manner: Gomorrah (19x).

  1. Gomorrah = "submersion"

    1. the twin-city in evil with Sodom, both destroyed in judgment by God with fire from heaven

      1. of iniquity (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲמֹרָה ʻĂmôrâh, am-o-raw'; from H6014; a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine:—Gomorrah.
STRONGS H6017: Abbreviations
† עֲמֹרָה 19 proper name, of a location Gomorrah, Γομορρα (Γ = bdb077106; √ II. עמר according to LagBN 54); — always with H5467 סְדֹם which see; Genesis 10:19 + 8 times Genesis; in simile Amos 4:11; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 13:19; Deuteronomy 29:22; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Zephaniah 2:9, compare Deuteronomy 32:32; figurative of iniquity Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 23:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19

Deuteronomy

29:22; 32:32

Isaiah

1:9; 1:10; 13:19

Jeremiah

23:14; 49:18; 50:40

Amos

4:11

Zephaniah

2:9

H6017

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6017 matches the Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrâ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as one goes to Gerar, up to Gazah; as one goes to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, up to Lesha.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - that they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out, and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11 - And they took all the property of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:20 - And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, a smoke went up from the land as the smoke of a furnace.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:10 - Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:11 - I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore, as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall certainly be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people shall spoil them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
DBY
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
DBY
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.