Gomorrah
Destroyed twin city
Gomorrah is one of two cities (with Sodom) destroyed by God in the Hebrew Bible for the wickedness of their inhabitants.
The name appears almost exclusively in the phrase Sodom and Gomorrah, which has become shorthand for any place of vice and depravity: The preacher called Las Vegas a modern Sodom and Gomorrah.
First biblical book
- LotBiblical Sodom survivor
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
- brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
- fireCombustion with flames
destruction · judgment · divine · retribution · sinfulness · wickedness · prophets · Old Testament
Profound moral corruption
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- viceBad habit or deputy
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
iniquity · decadence · debauchery · licentiousness · perversion · transgression · unrighteousness · abomination
First Hebrew patriarch
- LotBiblical Sodom survivor
- SarahFemale name, Hebrew origin
- HagarSarah's Egyptian servant
- IshmaelCast-out firstborn son
Isaac · Melchizedek · angels · hospitality · intercession · nephew · rescue · tent
Place of moral corruption
- cesspoolUnderground waste receptacle
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- hellholeExtremely unpleasant place
- Sin CityLas Vegas epithet
Las Vegas · corruption · decadence · moral decay · cautionary tale · byword · infamy
Landlocked hypersaline lake
- CanaanAncient Palestinian region
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- saltSodium chloride compound
- destructionAct of completely ruining
archaeology · Near East · settlements · antiquity · civilization
Genesis
First biblical book
fire · destruction · judgment · divine · retribution · sinfulness · wickedness · prophets · Old Testament · Torah
depravity
Profound moral corruption
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- viceBad habit or deputy
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
corruption · iniquity · decadence · debauchery · licentiousness · perversion · transgression · unrighteousness · abomination · hedonism
Abraham
First Hebrew patriarch
Ishmael · Isaac · Melchizedek · angels · hospitality · intercession · nephew · rescue · tent · sojourner
den of iniquity
Place of moral corruption
- cesspoolUnderground waste receptacle
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- hellholeExtremely unpleasant place
Sin City · Las Vegas · corruption · decadence · moral decay · cautionary tale · byword · infamy
Dead Sea
Landlocked hypersaline lake
- CanaanAncient Palestinian region
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- saltSodium chloride compound
destruction · archaeology · Near East · settlements · antiquity · civilization
- AbrahamAbraham, Abram, Sarah, Isaac, Ishmael
- Neapolitan WritersMy Brilliant Friend
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- Mob MediaThe Godfather, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, Scarface, Casino
- Italian LiteratureDante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri
- Biblical GeographyHoly Land, Israel, Judea, Galilee, Canaan
- Sodom and GomorrahDestroyed cities symbolizing vice