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Sodomites
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
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).
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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.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SOD'OMITES. The word has no reference to Sodom, but is the biblical term for those who practise sodomy - a sin to which the inhabitants of that city were addicted. Gen 19:5.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SOD'OMITES. The word has no reference to Sodom, but is the biblical term for those who practise sodomy - a sin to which the inhabitants of that city were addicted. Gen 19:5.