Gomorrah

[ guh-mawr-uh, -mor-uh ]

noun
  1. Also Douay Bible, Go·mor·rha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Genesis 19:24, 25.

  2. any extremely wicked place.

Origin of Gomorrah

1
From Late Latin Gomorr(h)a(m), from Greek Gómorr(h)a, an abnormal transliteration of Hebrew ʿămōrāh “sheaf (of grain)”; the normal transliteration of ʿămōrāh is Amora

Other words from Gomorrah

  • Go·mor·re·an, adjective

Words Nearby Gomorrah

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How to use Gomorrah in a sentence

  • It cites the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the Deluge as examples of the world's end.

    The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander Patterson
  • Whether these might be the pits at which the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown by the four kings, I will not determine.

  • A few miles of such a p. 137place, and London were a Sodom and Gomorrah.

    Days and Nights in London | J. Ewing Ritchie

British Dictionary definitions for Gomorrah

Gomorrah

Gomorrha

/ (ɡəˈmɒrə) /


noun
  1. Old Testament one of two ancient cities near the Dead Sea, the other being Sodom, that were destroyed by God as a punishment for the wickedness of their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24)

  2. any place notorious for vice and depravity

Derived forms of Gomorrah

  • Gomorrean or Gomorrhean, adjective

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