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Gomorrah

Biblical
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Gomorrah is a city destroyed alongside Sodom because of grievous wickedness.

Detailed Definition
Gomorrah is paired with Sodom in the biblical imagination as a city overwhelmed by judgment, often represented by fire and desolation. Its name has become shorthand for collective corruption and ruin, though the story also raises questions about hospitality, violence, and the danger of reducing complex evil to a place-name. Poets may invoke Gomorrah for a civilization burning from within or a landscape after moral catastrophe.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The towers of Gomorrah shine beautifully just before the fire” uses the city as a warning against corruption; A poet may call a greedy modern metropolis Gomorrah to invoke moral ruin; “He leaves Gomorrah carrying only a jar of rain” adapts the biblical destruction into a story of escape and renewal; The name can create ironic contrast when outward luxury hides inward decay.
Additional Notes
Gomorrah is paired with Sodom in Genesis 19 and other Biblical passages as a city remembered for catastrophic judgment. Its name often functions as a poetic shorthand for corruption, arrogance, violence, and the consequences of grievous wrongdoing. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah also becomes a warning in prophetic and later writings. When used in allusion, the term usually emphasizes moral collapse rather than merely a historical location.
Other Meanings of “Gomorrah”
Also Known As
Amorah
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