GOMORRHA. Gomorrha was one of the principal Cities of the Pentapolis; it was consumed by fire from Heaven1, as a punishment of its abominations. The Hebrew2 calls it Amora or Homora: but the Septuagint frequently express the letter Ain by a G. Thus instead of Aza, they say Gaza, &c. It is our opinion, that Gomorrha was the most northern of the five Cities of the Pentapolis; and that they are its ruins which are said to be still seen in the Dead Sea somewhere about Engedi.
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Translators’ note. Prophane Au- thors make mention of this destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, as Tacitus, l. 5. Histor. Haud procul inde campi, quos ferunt olim uberes, fulminum jactu arsisse, &c. & igne cœlesti flagrasse, &c. ↩
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Genes. x. 19. עמורהLXX. Γόμμαρα, or Γομορά, or Γόμορρα. 21. The Gospel of Marcion. This is the same as that, whereof St. Paul is said to be the au- GOVERNMENT of the Hebrews. See hereafter the Article THEOCRACY. ↩