SODOM
burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen. 13:10;14:1). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16;19:1; Deut. 23:17). This city and its awful destruction are frequently alluded to in Scripture (Deut. 29:23;32:32; Isa. 1:9, Isa. 1: 10;3:9;13:19; Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 16:46; Zeph. 2:9; Matt. 10:15; Rom. 9:29; 2-Pet 2:6, 2-Pet 2......
SODOMA
(Rom. 9:29; R.V., "Sodom"), the Greek form for Sodom. ......
SODOMITES
those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut. 23:17; 1-Kings 14:24; Rom. 1:26, Rom. 1: 27). Asa destroyed them "out of the land" (1-Kings 15:12), as did also his son Jehoshaphat (22:46). ......
VINE OF SODOM
referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is that it is the 'osher of the Arabs, which abounds in the region of the Dead Sea. Its fruit are the so-called "apples of Sodom," which, though beautiful to the eye, are exceedingly bitter to the taste. (See EN-GEDI.) The people of Israel are referred to here by Moses as being utterly corrupt, bringing ......