Lot (Biblical)
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| - | According to the [[Book of Genesis]], '''Sodom ''' '''and Gomorrah''' were two cities destroyed by [[God]] for their [[sin]]s. | + | |
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| - | For the sins of their inhabitants [[Sodom]], [[Gomorrah]] were destroyed by "[[sulfur|brimstone]] and fire from the Lord out of heaven". Since then, their names are synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of God's [[wrath]]. | + | |
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| - | The story of Sodom has given rise to words in several languages, including [[English language|English]]: the word "[[sodomy]]", meaning acts (stigmatized as "[[unnatural]] [[vice]]") such as [[homosexuality]] and [[anal sex]], and the word "[[sodomite]]", meaning one who practices such acts. However, the name Sodom is derived from a Hebrew word meaning "burnt", and Gomorrah from a word meaning "buried", which are references to their [[destruction]]. | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Apples of Sodom]] | + | |
| - | * [[Aye, and Gomorrah]] | + | |
| - | * [[The Bible and homosexuality]] | + | |
| - | * [[Bombing of Hamburg in World War II|Bombing of Hamburg during the last week of July 1943]], designated Operation Gomorrah | + | |
| - | * [[Gesangsszene]], a musical setting by [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] of [[Jean Giraudoux]]'s ''Sodome et Gomorrhe'' ([[Sodom and Gomorrah (play)|Sodom and Gomorrah]]). | + | |
| - | * [[Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible]] | + | |
| - | * [[Religion and homosexuality]] | + | |
| - | * [[Vayeira]], the [[parsha|Torah portion]] containing the story of Sodom and Gomorrah | + | |
| - | * [[Vine of Sodom]] | + | |
| - | * [[Lot (Biblical)|Lot]] | + | |
| - | * [[Lot's Wife]] | + | |
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