Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 18:20 - Gomorrah
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
Because | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the cry | H2201 | זַעַק |
[Noun Feminine] a shriek or outcry |
of Sodom | H5467 | סְדֹם |
[Proper Name Location] burnt (that {is} volcanic or bituminous) district; {Sedom} a place near the Dead Sea |
and Gomorrah | H6017 | עֲמֹרָה |
[Proper Name Location] a (ruined) heap; {Amorah} a place in Palestine |
is great | H7231 | רָבַב |
[Verb] properly to cast together (compare {H7241 }) that {is} {increase } especially in number; also (as denominative from H7233) to multiply by the myriad |
and because | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
their sin | H2403 | חַטָּאָה |
[Noun Feminine] an offence (sometimes habitual {sinfulness }) and its {penalty} {occasion} {sacrifice} or expiation; also (concretely) an offender |
is very | H3966 | מְאֹד |
[Adverb] properly {vehemence} that {is} (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication {wholly} {speedily } etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated) |
grievous | H3513 | כָּבַד |
[Verb] to be {heavy} that {is} in a bad sense ({burdensome } severe: dull) or in a good sense ({numerous } rich: honorable); causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.