The meaning of Sodom in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
sod'-um (cedhom; Sodoma) One of the 5 CITIES OF THE PLAIN (which see), destroyed by fire from heaven in the time of Abraham and Lot (Genesis 19:24). The wickedness of the city became proverbial. The sin of sodomy was an offense against nature frequently connected with idolatrous practices (see Rawlinson, History of Phoenicia). See SODOMITE. The fate of Sodom and Gomorrah is used as a warning to those who reject the gospel (Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24; II Peter 2:6; Judges 1:7). The word is used in a typical sense in Revelation 11:8. Sodom was probably located in plain South of the Dead Sea, now covered with water. The name is still preserved in Jebel Usdum (Mt. Sodom).
See ARABAH; CITIES OF THE PLAIN; DEAD SEA.
LITERATURE.
Dillmann. Genesis, 111 f.; Robinson, BR, II, 187 ff.; G. A. Smith, HGHL, 505 ff.; Blanckenhorn, ZDPV, XIX, 1896, 53 ff.; Baedeker-Socin, Palestine, 143; Buhl, GAP, 117, 271, 274.
George Frederick Wright
See more on the meaning of Sodom in the Bible:
Sodom {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sodom {Hitchcock's Bible Name}
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