Sodom

Brimstone-destroyed ancient city

Sodom was a city in the Bible destroyed by God along with Gomorrah for the wickedness of its inhabitants.

The name survives in references to divine punishment for sin and in the word sodomy, which derives from the story's traditional interpretation as condemning homosexual acts.

Sodom and Gomorrah often appears as shorthand for places of extreme vice or immorality deserving destruction.

biblical

Gomorrah

Ancient symbol of depravity

GenesisFirst biblical book
LotBiblical Sodom survivor
AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch

Dead Sea · Canaan · brimstone · sulfur · destruction · angels · Hebrew Bible · Old Testament · Mesopotamia · Jordan

sin

wickedness

Moral corruption or evil

depravityProfound moral corruption
viceBad habit or deputy
iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice

corruption · perversion · debauchery · licentiousness · transgression · immorality · evil · profligacy · hedonism · impurity

judgment

destruction

Act of completely ruining

fireCombustion with flames
brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
divine wrathSacred punishment from above

condemnation · punishment · annihilation · righteous · intercession · mercy · warning · repentance · deluge · apocalypse

infamy

notoriety

Fame from misdeeds

disgraceLoss of honor
bywordEpitome or catchphrase
cautionary taleStory illustrating consequences

shame · scandal · disrepute · ignominy · stigma · reproach · opprobrium · warning · moral lesson · proverb

Sodom

Gomorrah

wickedness

destruction

notoriety

Sodom

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