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ʿămōrā עֲמֹרָה ‘Gomorrah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿimmēr עִמֵּר ‘to bind / to tyranise’
Roots: עמר

ʿămōrā pr n loc
Gomorrah = "submersion"
1) the twin-city in evil with Sodom, both destroyed in judgment by God with fire from heaven
 1a) of iniquity (fig.)

Mentioned in Genesis 10:19, 14:2, 14:8, 14:11, 18:20, 13:10, 19:28, 19:24, 14:10 Deuteronomy 29:22, 32:32 Isaiah 1:10, 13:19, 1:9 Jeremiah 49:18, 50:40, 23:14 Amos 4:11 Zephaniah 2:9

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