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Genesis 13

Gen. 13:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of Sodom
Cdom (Hebrew #5467)
burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sed-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to scorch
were wicked
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
and sinners
chatta' (Hebrew #2400)
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
KJV usage: offender, sinful, sinner.
Pronounce: khat-taw'
Origin: intensively from 2398
g before the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
exceedingly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
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Gen. 18:20• 20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:20)
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Ezek. 16:49• 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. (Ezek. 16:49)
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2 Peter 2:7‑8• 7and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
 8(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul day after day with their lawless works,) (2 Peter 2:7‑8)

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Gen. 15:16• 16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (Gen. 15:16)
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Gen. 18:20• 20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:20)
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Gen. 19:4‑11• 4Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest--all the people from every quarter.
 5And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.
 6And Lot went out to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him,
 7and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!
 8Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.
 9And they said, Back there! And they said again, This one came to sojourn, and he must be a judge? Now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the man--on Lot; and drew near to break the door.
 10And the men stretched out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
 11And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance. (Gen. 19:4‑11)
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1 Sam. 15:18• 18And Jehovah sent thee on a way and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. (1 Sam. 15:18)
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Isa. 1:9• 9Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (Isa. 1:9)
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Isa. 3:9• 9The look of their face doth witness against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom: they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have brought evil upon themselves. (Isa. 3:9)
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Ezek. 16:46‑50• 46And thine elder sister is Samaria that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
 47And thou hast not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations; but as though that were a very little, thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways.
 48As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters!
 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
 50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me, and I took them away when I saw it. (Ezek. 16:46‑50)
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Matt. 9:10,13• 10And it came to pass, as he lay at table in the house, that behold, many tax-gatherers and sinners came and lay at table with Jesus and his disciples.
 13But go and learn what that is--I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners. (Matt. 9:10,13)
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Matt. 11:23‑24• 23And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.
 24But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee. (Matt. 11:23‑24)
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John 9:24,31• 24They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful.
 31But we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears. (John 9:24,31)
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Rom. 1:27• 27and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit. (Rom. 1:27)
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2 Peter 2:6‑8,10• 6and having reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, setting them as an example to those that should afterwards live an ungodly life;
 7and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,
 8(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul day after day with their lawless works,)
 10and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities: (2 Peter 2:6‑8,10)
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Jude 7• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)
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Gen. 6:11• 11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence. (Gen. 6:11)
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Gen. 10:9• 9He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah! (Gen. 10:9)
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Gen. 38:7• 7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah slew him. (Gen. 38:7)
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2 Kings 21:6• 6And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)
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Isa. 3:8• 8For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. (Isa. 3:8)
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Jer. 23:24• 24Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:24)
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Heb. 4:13• 13And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.