Strong's H5467 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: סְדֹם (Çᵉdôm)

Pronunciation: sed-ome'

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Sodom = "burning"

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district;

Definition: Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea

KJV Renderings: Sodom.

Senses

1. a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.