סְדֹם

n.pr.loc. Sodom, important Canaanitish city named (usually) with Gomorrha (עֲמֹרָה, q.v.);—𝔊 Σόδομα (inflected Σοδόμων, Σοδόμοις):—ס׳ (on format. cf. LagBN 54), Gn 13:10, 12, 13 + 7 times Gn 18, 19, + סְדֹ֫מָה (ה loc.) Gn 10:19; 18:22; 19:1 (all J), + 8 times Gn 14; from 8th cent. onwards, used as illustrating י׳’s judgments, Am 4:11 Is 1:9; 13:19 Dt 29:22 Je 49:18; 50:40 Zp 2:9 La 4:6; as proverbial for open sin Is 3:9 Je 23:14, so metaph. קְצִינֵי ס׳ Is 1:10 (i.e. rulers as corrupt as in Sodom), גֶּפֶן ס׳ Dt 32:32 (i.e. wickedness like Sodom’s); Judah cp. with ס׳ to her disadvantage Ez 16:46, 48, 49, 53, 55, 56. Site prob. at S. end of Dead Sea, where are now Jebel Usdum (SW.), and Zoar SE. cf. Di Gn 19:20 ff. RobBR ii. 187 ff. GASmGeogr. 505 ff. BlankenhornZPV xix (1896), 53 ff. BdPal. 3, 146 BuhlGeogr. 117, 271, 274. Vid. also שִׂדִּים.