Gomorrah

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Gomorrah is an ancient biblical city, traditionally depicted alongside Sodom as a symbol of extreme wickedness and divine judgment.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gomorrah canonical 5
Gomorrah (book) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
biblical city
destroyed city
appearsInChapter Genesis 10
Genesis 13
Genesis 18
Genesis 19
associatedWith Sodom NERFINISHED
causeOfDestruction immorality
sin
wickedness
country Canaan NERFINISHED
destroyedBy God NERFINISHED
divine judgment
genreOfSources religious text
hasUncertainLocation true
languageOfPrimarySources Hebrew
locatedNear Dead Sea NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Quran
moralLesson consequences of persistent sin
divine retribution for injustice
pairedWith Sodom NERFINISHED
partOf Cities of the Plain NERFINISHED
referencedIn 2 Peter NERFINISHED
Amos NERFINISHED
Deuteronomy NERFINISHED
Gospels NERFINISHED
Isaiah NERFINISHED
Jeremiah NERFINISHED
Jude NERFINISHED
Lamentations NERFINISHED
Zephaniah NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
status destroyed
symbolizes divine judgment
extreme wickedness
moral corruption
punishment
timeOfDestruction patriarchal period (traditional dating)
traditionalLocation southern region of the Dead Sea
usedAsMetaphorIn literature
sermons
theology

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Referenced by (6)

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

Lut associatedWithLocation Gomorrah
Prophet Lut peopleLivedIn Gomorrah
subject surface form: Lut
Lot associatedWithCity Gomorrah
Cattleya adaptedFrom Gomorrah
this entity surface form: Gomorrah (book)
Biblical places hasExample Gomorrah