This is the name of the place Gomorrah: Wicked city destroyed by God along with Sodom.
Definition
Γόμορρα, -ας, ἡ, and -ων, τά (Heb. עֲמֹרָה),
Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Gen.19): Matthew 10:15, Romans 9:29" (LXX), 2 Peter 2:6, Jude 7.
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- Matthew 10:15Γομόρρων · GomorrahTruly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
- Romans 9:29Γόμορρα · GomorrahIt is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- 2 Peter 2:6Γομόρρας · Gomorrah…if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
- Jude 1:7Γόμορρα · GomorrahIn like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.