noun

gomorras

GreekΓόμορρα (gomorra)

Strong’sG1116

Gomorrah

stem gomorr-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 16 forms occur

Translated as

Gomorrah4×

What it means

Γόμορρα, -ας, ἡ, and -ων, τά (Heb. עֲמֹרָה),

Gomorrah, one of the cities of the plain (Ge 19): Mt 10:15, Ro 9:29 (LXX), II Pe 2:6, Ju 7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1116 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgom'-or-hrhah

Gomorrha (i.e. Amorah), a place near the Dead Sea

Fromof Hebrew origin ();

King JamesGomorrha.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	feminine singular	neuter singular	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	gomorras2×Γόμορρα	gomorrem	gomorrais	gomorreim
object accusative	gomorran		gomorrain
direct address vocative	gomorrar		gomorrair
of, belonging to genitive	gomorrau1×Γομόρρας	gomorreu	gomorraiu	gomorreiu1×Γομόρρων
to, for dative	gomorra	gomorre	gomorrai	gomorrei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

gomorrstem+aegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

gomorr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

gomorras“Gomorrah”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 9:29“Gomorrah”kai kathōs prolegatē Ēsaios; Ei mē kurios Sabaōth enkataleipata ni spermem, hōs Sodomeim an ginina kai hōs Gomorras an homoiina.It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

Jude 1:7“Gomorrah”hōs Sodomeim kai Gomorras kai tais peri autain politais, ton homoion tropon houtoi ekporneuaratais kai apercharatais opisō sarxau heterau, prokeielō deigmem pureu aiōnieu dikan hupecharōtais.In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

gomorrau“Gomorrah”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Peter 2:6“Gomorrah”kai politain Sodomeiu kai Gomorrau tefraratos katastrofa katakrinata, hupodeigmem mellarōteiu aseboi titharētos,if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

gomorreiu“Gomorrah”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Matthew 10:15“Gomorrah”amēn legamō vi, anektoterem eti gēa Sodomeiu kai Gomorreiu en hēmera krisiau ē ta polita ekeina.Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.