Gomorrah

[ guh-mawr-uh, -mor-uh ]

noun

1. Also Douay Bible, Gomorrha. (in the Bible) an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness.
2. any extremely wicked place.

Gomorrah

/ ɡəˈmɒrə /

noun

1. Old Testament one of two ancient cities near the Dead Sea, the other being Sodom, that were destroyed by God as a punishment for the wickedness of their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24)
2. any place notorious for vice and depravity

Derived Forms

• Goˈmorrean, adjective

Other Words From

• Go·mor·re·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gomorrah¹

From Late Latin Gomorr(h)a(m), from Greek Gómorr(h)a, an abnormal transliteration of Hebrew ʿămōrāh “sheaf (of grain)”; the normal transliteration of ʿămōrāh is Amora

Example Sentences

Where one conservative commentator sees Sodom and Gomorrah, data and trends paint a different picture.

From Los Angeles Times

I felt making this film there were a lot of things from “Gomorrah” in it, and also a lot of things from “Pinocchio.”

From Salon

Best known for his influential crime saga “Gomorrah,” Garrone wrote the screenplay based on real-life accounts from multiple individuals who survived to tell their tale of unfathomable perseverance.

From Los Angeles Times

When I think of “Gomorrah,” his 2008 drama about a Neapolitan criminal syndicate, I immediately re-see the shot of two dead teenagers in the bucket of a bulldozer — a grotesque Pietà.

From New York Times

In between the sections, there are extracts from Name the Day, many of them posts from OneCorn, a frequent user who often writes about Genesis — especially the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and Lot.

From Los Angeles Times