Sodomites
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Sodomites in the Bible Dictionary
- (The inhabitants of Sodom, many of whom openly practiced homosexuality)
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Wickedness of
Gen 19:4–14
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. …
Genesis 19:4 … -
Destroyed by fire as a judgement
Gen 19:24, 25
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Genesis 19:2425 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Genesis 19:25 -
To be judged according to opportunity
Matt 11:24; Luke 10:12
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Matthew 11:2412 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Luke 10:12 -
A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality)
Deut 23:17; 1 Kgs 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2 Kgs 23:7; Job 36:14
17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 23:1724 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
1 Kings 14:2412 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Kings 15:1246 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
1 Kings 22:467 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
2 Kings 23:714 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Job 36:14 -
The word “harlot” (“shrine prostitute” (N. I. V.)) appears in
Gen 38:21, 22
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
Genesis 38:2122 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
Genesis 38:22 -
And is applied to males
Deut 23:17
17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 23:17 -
And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere “sodomite”
Hos 4:14
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Hosea 4:14 - See Sodomy
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
