noun · neuter
sodomem
GreekΣόδομα (sodoma)
Strong’sG4670
Sodom
stem sodom-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σόδομα, -ων, τά (Heb. סְדֹם),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4670 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsod'-om-ah
Sodoma (i.e. Sedom), a place in Palestine
Fromplural of Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSodom.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | sodomem | sodomeim3×Σόδομα |
| of, belonging to genitive | sodomeu | sodomeiu4×Σοδόμων |
| to, for dative | sodome | sodomei2×Σοδόμοις |
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
sodome 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
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
sodomeim“Sodom”subject or objectdirect plural3×
Romans 9:29“Sodom”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“Sodom”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.
Revelation 11:8“Sodom”kai tem ptōmem autoiu epi tau plateiau tau politau tau megau, hotinas kalitō pneumatikōs Sodomeim kai Aiguptas, hopou kai tos kurios autoiu staurita.Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city — figuratively called Sodom and Egypt — where their Lord was also crucified.
sodomeiu“Sodom”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Matthew 10:15“Sodom”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.
Matthew 11:24“Sodom”plēn legamō vi hoti gēa Sodomeiu anektoterem eti en hēmera krisiau ē si.But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Luke 17:29“Sodom”ha de hēmera exerchata Lōt apo Sodomeiu, brechata purem kai theiem apo ouranou kai apolluata pantoin.But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
2 Peter 2:6“Sodom”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;
sodomei“Sodom”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 11:23“Sodom”kai sis, Kafarnaoum, mē heōs ouranou hupsisi? heōs hadou katabainesi; hoti ei en Sodomei ginila tais dunamiais tais gineratais en si, menata an mechris tau sēmeron.And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
Luke 10:12“Sodom”legamō vi hoti Sodomei en ta hēmera ekeina anektoterem eti ē ta polita ekeina.I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.