Gomorrah

E466951

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 12
Gomorrah (book) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible

Quran
moralLesson consequences of persistent sin
divine retribution for injustice
pairedWith Sodom
partOf Cities of the Plain
referencedIn 2 Peter
Amos
Deuteronomy
linked to: Book of Deuteronomy

Gospels
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Jude
Lamentations
Zephaniah
linked to: Book of Zephaniah
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Lut associatedWithLocation Gomorrah
Lut peopleLivedIn Gomorrah
subject linked to: Prophet Lut
Lot associatedWithCity Gomorrah
Cattleya adaptedFrom Gomorrah (book)
linked to: Gomorrah
Biblical places hasExample Gomorrah
Genesis 18 mentions Gomorrah
Sodom associatedWith Gomorrah
Lot's wife lookedBackAt Gomorrah
subject linked to: Lot’s wife
Lot's wife associatedWithPlace Gomorrah
subject linked to: LotS Wife
Qawm Lut relatedConcept Gomorrah