Gomorrah

Gomorrah [guh-mawr-uh, -mor-uh] Examples noun

1. Also Douay Bible, Go·mor·rha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
2. any extremely wicked place.

Related formsGo·mor·re·an, adjective Examples from the Web for gomorrah Contemporary Examples of gomorrah

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Historical Examples of gomorrah

Gomorrah, the right bank, was the region of vice, license and dishonesty.

Two banks of the Seine

Fernand Vandrem

This ain’t Sodom and Gomorrah; it’s the comin’ of the kingdom of God on earth.’

The Land of Long Ago

Eliza Calvert Hall

You men of Bondathal are not better than the men of Gomorrah.’

Black Diamonds

Mr Jkai

Think—this is what they had to eat at the cafs boulevardes of Gomorrah.

Romance Island

Zona Gale

You cannot wake up the people of Gomorrah with the gospel of peace.

Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians

Martin Luther

British Dictionary definitions for gomorrah Gomorrah Gomorrha 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 FormsGomorrean or Gomorrhean, adjective Word Origin and History for gomorrah Gomorrah

Biblical site, from Hebrew ‘omer “sheaf” (of corn, etc.), probably a reference to the fertility of the region.