Sodomites, The Sod’omites, The. This word does not denote the inhabitants of Sodom; but it is employed in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament, for those who practiced, as a religious rite, the abominable and unnatural vice, from which the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah have derived their lasting infamy. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Sodomites
Sodomites those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut. 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; Rom. 1:26, 27). Asa destroyed them “out of the land” (1 Kings 15:12), as did also his son Jehoshaphat (22:46). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Sodomites Not inhabitants of Sodom, but those “devoted” (qedeeshim) to unnatural lust in Ashtoreth’s honour, as a … Continue reading “Sodomites”
Sodomite
Sodomite (, kadesh, i.e. consecrated; Vulg. scortator, effeminatus). This word does not denote an inhabitant of Sodom (except only in 2Es 7:36), nor one of their descendants; but is employed in the A.V. of the Old Test. for those who practiced as a religious rite the abominable and unnatural vice from which the inhabitants of … Continue reading “Sodomite”
Sodoma
Sodoma (GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI, or DE’BAZZI, often miscalled RAZZI, more usually known by his nickname, SODOMA). Piedmontese and Florentine painter, b. at Vercelli in Piedmont, 1477; d. at Siena, 1549. His father, Giacono da Bazzi, was a shoemaker who had settled in Vercelli. The son was in 1490 apprenticed for seven years to a glass-painter … Continue reading “Sodoma”
Sodom, Vine of
Sodom, Vine of (, gephen sedhom): For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter (Deu 32:32). This must be distinguished from the Apples of Sodom (which see), described by Josephus (BJ, IV, viii, 4), which appear to have … Continue reading “Sodom, Vine of”
Sodom, Sodoma
Sodom, Sodoma [Sod’om] [Sod’oma] This city is first mentioned as a boundary of the Canaanites. Gen 10:19. Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom, but it is recorded that the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked before the Lord. Afterwards he dwelt therein, and was carried away captive when Sodom was taken by the five kings … Continue reading “Sodom, Sodoma”
Sodom, Fruit Of
Sodom, Fruit Of SEE APPLES OF SODOM; SEE VINE OF SODOM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sodom, apple of
Sodom, apple of (Pomum Adami) The prominence in the fore part of the throat so called from the belief that a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in Adam’s throat. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Sodom and Gomorrha
Sodom and Gomorrha Two cities of the Pentapolis, utterly destroyed by “brimstone and fire from the Lord out of Heaven” (Genesis 13, 18, 19), for the unnatural sins of their inhabitants. Their names are synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a manifestation of God’s just wrath (Deuteronomy 29; 2nd Peter 2; Jude 7; … Continue reading “Sodom and Gomorrha”
Sodom And Gomorrah
Sodom And Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah are mentioned in Mat 10:15, Jud 1:7, 2Pe 2:6, Rev 11:8 as affording by their fate a warning against strange sins, whether moral or spiritual. The verb () used in Jude is also used in Septuagint of Exo 34:15-16, Lev 17:7, Hos 4:12, Eze 16:26; Eze 16:28; Eze 16:33, … Continue reading “Sodom And Gomorrah”