Bible Location
Meaning: rebellious people · 23 cross references · Modern-day map available
Gomorrah was one of the cities of the plain associated with Sodom near the Dead Sea region. It is important because its destruction becomes, alongside Sodom, one of the Bible's enduring images of catastrophic judgment on entrenched wickedness. First appears in Gen 10:19.1
Place meaning
rebellious people
Coordinates
31.16, 35.47
First appears
Gen 10:19
AI summary: Gomorrah is almost always remembered in tandem with Sodom, which is itself significant. Together the two cities become a fixed biblical pair representing grievous corruption and decisive judgment. While Gomorrah has less independent narrative detail than Sodom, its repeated pairing means it shares in the larger theological force of the destruction of the plain. Prophets, Jesus, and later New Testament writers all draw on that memory. Across the cross references, Gomorrah functions as a companion symbol of ruin, warning, and accountability.1
Place meaning
rebellious people
Latitude
31.16
Longitude
35.47
Bible references
23
Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28). These cities probably stood close together, and were near the northern extremity of what is now the Dead Sea. This city is always mentioned next after Sodom, both of which were types of impiety and wickedness (Gen. 18:20; Rom. 9:29). Their destruction is mentioned as an “ensample unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 1:4-7). Their wickedness became proverbial (Deut. 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; Jer. 23:14). But that wickedness may be exceeded (Matt. 10:15; Mark 6:11). (See DEAD SEA). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.