Those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut. 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; Rom. 1:26, 27). Asa destroyed them “out of the land” (1 Kings 15:12), as did also his son Jehoshaphat (22:46).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Sodomites
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
This word does not denote the inhabitants of Sodom; but it is employed in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament for those who practiced as a religious rite the abominable and unnatural vice from which the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah have derived their lasting infamy.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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