Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
Gomorrah
Usage: Γόμορρα, -ας, ἡ, and -ων, τά (Heb. עֲמֹרָה), Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Gen.19): Mat.10:15, Rom.9:29" (LXX), 2Pe.2:6, Ju 7.† (AS)
Gomorrha - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1116 — bamah (“elevation”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1116 Γόμορῥα (Gomorrha) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Gomorrha (gom'-or-rhah) n/l. 1. Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea [of Hebrew origin] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include gomorrha. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Gomorrha (gom'-or-rhah) n/l. 1. Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea [of Hebrew origin] KJV: Gomorrha Root(s): H6017
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Gomorrah
Usage: Γόμορρα, -ας, ἡ, and -ων, τά (Heb. עֲמֹרָה), Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Gen.19): Mat.10:15, Rom.9:29" (LXX), 2Pe.2:6, Ju 7.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Gomorrha, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1116 (Γόμορῥα) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
20 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, and with Shinab, king of Admah, and with Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela, this is Zoar.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1116.
And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, and with Shinab, king of Admah, and with Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela, this is Zoar.
And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrah, and king of Admah, and king of Zeboiim, and king of Bela, this is Zoar, and they set themselves in array against them for war in the salt valley,
Now the salt valley consists of slime pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrah, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.
And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and departed.
And the men having risen up from thence looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah. And Abraham went with them, attending them on their journey.
And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased toward me, and their sins are very great.
And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward the surrounding country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace.
And another generation shall say—even your sons who shall rise up after you, and the stranger who shall come from a land afar off, and shall see the plagues of that land and their diseases, which the Lord has sent upon it,
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And their vine-branch of Gomorrah: Their grape is a grape of gall, Their cluster is one of bitterness.
And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like to Gomorrah.
Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrah.
And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities bordering upon them, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.
As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrah and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.
I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye became as a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah; and Damascus shall be left as a heap of the threshing floor, and desolate forever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1116, grouped by book.
Gomorrha (Strong's G1116) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Gomorrha". Gomorrha (gom'-or-rhah) n/l. 1. Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea [of Hebrew origin]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G1116 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1116 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gomorrha. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 20 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1116, with linked reader references where each row is available.