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Gomorrah

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Gomorrah, Israel A city mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 10: 19) whose location is not known, although it may have been at the southern end of the Dead Sea. Together with Sodom, it was destroyed by ‘brimstone and fire’ (Genesis 19: 24) because of the wicked and immoral behaviour of its inhabitants. Located in a very fertile area, the name comes from the Hebrew ómer ‘sheaf of corn’, a reference to the crop grown here.

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Gomorrah

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Gomorrah or Gomorrha , in the Bible, city, destroyed with Sodom . Some have speculated that the ruins southeast of the Dead Sea at Numeira, discovered in 1973, may be those of the city.

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Gomorrah

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Gomorrah a town in ancient Palestine, probably south of the Dead Sea. According to Genesis 19:24, it was destroyed by fire from heaven, along with Sodom, for the wickedness of its inhabitants.

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Gomorrah

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Gomorrah One of the five cities of the Plain, or Circle of the Jordan, which was destroyed by fire (Gen. 19: 24), probably some sort of natural cataclysm.

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Gomorrah

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Gomorrah •airer, bearer, carer, Clara, darer, declarer, Demerara, Éire, habanera, Halmahera, parer, Perak, primavera, repairer, Rivera, Riviera, Sarah, scarer, sharer, snarer, sparer, squarer, starer, swearer, tearer, wearer •cause célèbre • torch-bearer •swordbearer • pallbearer • wayfarer •seafarer • capoeira • Phaedra •sacra, simulacra •Libra, vers libre •ex cathedra •chypre, Ypres •palaestra (US palestra) • urethra •joie de vivre •mirror, sirrah •Coimbra • Middlesbrough • Indra •Sintra •aspidistra, sistra •algebra • orchestra • vertebra •Beira, Fujairah, Hegira, Lyra, Myra, naira, palmyra, spirogyra •Hydra • Lycra •begorra, Gomorrah, horror •double entendre • genre • amour propre • Le Nôtre • contra •Cosa Nostra, rostra

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Sloughing Toward Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline. Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 11/8/1996
	TODAY'S SODOM AND GOMORRAH.(Features) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/18/2006
	Slouching Towards Gomorrah. Magazine article from: The Public Interest; 1/1/1997