SODOMITES
(The inhabitants of Sodom, many of whom openly practiced homosexuality)
Wickedness of GEN 19:4-14
Destroyed by fire as a judgement GEN 19:24,25
To be judged according to opportunity MAT 11:24; LUK 10:12
A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality) DEU 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 GEN 38:21,22
And is applied to males DEU 23:17
And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere "sodomite" HOS 4:14
See SODOMY
