King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6017
Transliteration: Amorah
Phonetic Spelling: (am-o-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a city in the Jordan Valley
Meaning: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley
Word Summary
Amorah: a city in the Jordan Valley
Original Word: עֲמֹרָהTransliteration: Amorah
Phonetic Spelling: (am-o-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a city in the Jordan Valley
Meaning: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley
Strong's Concordance
Gomorrah From amar; a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine -- Gomorrah.
see HEBREW amar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6017. Amorah
עֲמֹרָה19 proper name, of a location Gomorrah, Γομορρα (Γ = ; √ II. עמר according to LagBN 54); — always with סְדֹם q. v.; Genesis 10:19 8t. Genesis; in simile Amos 4:11; Isaiah 1:9; 13:19; Deuteronomy 29:22; Jeremiah 49:18; 50:40; Zephaniah 2:9, compare Deuteronomy 32:32; figurative of iniquity Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 23:14.
III. עמר (√ of following; compare Arabic , live, live long; also worship; proper name etc.; RSK 266 proposes meaning worshipper, עָמְרִי worshipper of ׳י (compare WeSkizzen iii. 165) against him NöZMG xl (1886), 185, who compare meaning live, , life).