Sodom

Sodom

See also: sodom

English

Etymology

Partially from Old English Sodome, Sodoma, partially from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם‎ (s'dóm).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒdəm/
• (US) enPR: sädʹəm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑdəm/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒdəm, (US) -ɑdəm

Proper noun

Sodom

1. (biblical, Quranic) 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.

Derived terms

• apple of Sodom
• Sea of Sodom
• Sodom apple
• Sodom-fruit
• Sodom egg-plant
• Sodomic
• vine of Sodom

Related terms

• sodomise, sodomize
• Sodomite
• sodomite
• sodomy
• sodomist

Translations

city in the Middle East

Arabic: سَدُوم‎ f (sadūm), صَدِيم‎ f (ṣadīm) Armenian: Սոդոմ (Sodom) Belarusian: Садо́м m (Sadóm) Burmese: သောဒုံမြို့ (sau:dummrui.) Catalan: Sodoma f Chinese: Cantonese: 所多瑪, 所多玛 (so2 do1 maa5), 索多瑪, 索多玛 (sok3 do1 maa5) (Catholic) Hakka: 所多瑪, 所多玛 (Só-tô-mâ) Mandarin: 所多瑪／所多玛 (zh) (Suǒduōmǎ), 索多瑪／索多玛 (zh) (Suǒduōmǎ) (Catholic) Min Nan: 所多瑪, 所多玛 (Só͘-to-má) Estonian: Soodom Finnish: Sodoma French: Sodome (fr) m Galician: Sodoma (gl) f Georgian: სოდომი (sodomi) German: Sodom (de) n Greek: Σόδομα f (Sódoma) Ancient: Σόδομα n pl (Sódoma), Σόδομα f (Sódoma) Hebrew: סְדוֹם‎ (he) (s'dóm) Italian: Sodoma f Japanese: ソドム (Sodomu) Kazakh: Содом (Sodom) Korean: 소돔 (Sodom) Latin: Sodoma f Maore Comorian: Suduma Persian: سدوم‎ (fa) (sadum) Polish: Sodoma (pl) f Portuguese: Sodoma f Russian: Содо́м (ru) m (Sodóm) Spanish: Sodoma (es) f Turkish: Sodom Ukrainian: Содо́м m (Sodóm)

Noun

Sodom (plural Sodoms)

1. A city or place full of sin and vice.
   • 1890, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Trumpet Peals (page 92)

     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.

See also

• Admah
• Gomorrah
• Zeboim

Anagrams

• dooms, moods