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Sodomites

(The inhabitants of Sodom, many of whom openly practiced homosexuality)

Wickedness of—Ge 19:4-14

Destroyed by fire as a judgement—Ge 19:24,25

To be judged according to opportunity—Mt 11:24; Lu 10:12

A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality)—De 23:17; 1Ki 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2Ki 23:7; Job 36:14

The word "harlot" ("shrine prostitute" (N. I. V.)) appears in—Ge 38:21,22

And is applied to males—De 23:17

And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere "sodomite"—Ho 4:14

See SODOMY