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sodom
/ˈsɒ.dəm/
name 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
liberal, wicked
VERB + SODOM
bomb, cry, eyes, find
SODOM + NOUN
abraham, gomorra, gomorrah, gomorrha
PREP.
in, towards, within
Definitions
name
1
A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.
2
Wadham College, Oxford.
noun
1
A city or place full of sin and vice.
Take all idea of retribution and punishment out of the hearts and minds of men, and it would not be long before Brooklyn and New York and Boston and Charleston and Chicago became Sodoms.
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Take all idea of retribution and punishment out of the hearts and minds of men, and it would not be long before Brooklyn and New York and Boston and Charleston and Chicago became Sodoms.
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God destroyed the liberal cities of Sodom and Gomorra.
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Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.
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And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.
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And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.
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And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
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