Sodom

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ancient city biblical city destroyed city

Sodom is an ancient biblical city, traditionally depicted in the Book of Genesis as a center of grave wickedness that was ultimately destroyed by divine judgment.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sodomites 1
overthrown cities of Sodom 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
biblical city ⓘ
destroyed city ⓘ
appearsIn Quranic narratives ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus location debated among scholars ⓘ
associatedFigure Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedProphet Lot NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Admah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gomorrah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zeboiim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoar NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedBy God NERFINISHED ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
fire and brimstone ⓘ
destroyedInText Genesis 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologyClaim possibly related to Hebrew root for burning ⓘ
event Abraham’s intercession for the city ⓘ
rescue of Lot by angels ⓘ
governedBy King of Sodom NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor grave wickedness ⓘ
inhospitality ⓘ
sexual immorality ⓘ
violence ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedInNarrative Jordan River plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNearNarrative Dead Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Revelation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epistle of Jude NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Second Epistle of Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralLesson warning against inhospitality ⓘ
warning against sin ⓘ
warning against social injustice ⓘ
nameInHebrew סְדוֹם NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cities of the Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
status destroyed in biblical narrative ⓘ
symbolOf cities under judgment ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
extreme wickedness ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah → hasLocation → Sodom ⓘ
Lut → associatedWithLocation → Sodom ⓘ
Prophet Lut → peopleLivedIn → Sodom ⓘ
subject surface form: Lut
Lot → settledNear → Sodom ⓘ
Lot → associatedWithCity → Sodom ⓘ
people of Lot → alsoCalled → Sodom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sodomites
people of Lot → residedIn → Sodom ⓘ
Quran 69:1–52 → mentions → Sodom ⓘ
this entity surface form: overthrown cities of Sodom
Biblical places → hasExample → Sodom ⓘ