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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. 15:16• 16But 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 Gomorrha is great, and because their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:20)
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Gen. 19:4‑11• 4{i}Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house{/i}, both old and young, all the people from every quarter.
5{i}And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee tonight? bring them out to us that we may know them.{/i}
6{i}And Lot went out to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him,{/i}
7{i}and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!{/i}
8{i}Behold 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.{/i}
9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10{i}And the men{/i} put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
(Gen. 19:4‑11)
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1 Sam. 15:18• 18And Jehovah sent thee on a journey, 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 remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have resembled Gomorrha. (Isa. 1:9)
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Isa. 3:9• 9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. (Isa. 3:9)
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Ezek. 16:46‑50• 46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
47Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more 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, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
(Ezek. 16:46‑50)
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Matt. 9:10,13• 10{i}And 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.{/i}
13{i}But go and learn what [that] is—I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but sinners.{/i}
(Matt. 9:10,13)
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Matt. 11:23‑24• 23{i}And 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.{/i}
24{i}But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for [the] land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.{/i}
(Matt. 11:23‑24)
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John 9:24,31• 24Therefore they called a second time the man who was blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.
31We know that God heareth not sinners, but if anyone be God-fearing, and do his will, him he heareth.
(John 9:24,31)
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Rom. 1:27• 27and likewise the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males working out unseemliness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was meet. (Rom. 1:27)
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2 Peter 2:6‑8,10• 6and reducing to ashes [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, he condemned [them] with overthrow, having set an example to those that should live ungodlily,
7and rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the behaviour of those abandoned in licentiousness;
8for the righteous [man] dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing was tormenting a righteous soul day after day with lawless works,
10and especially those that walk after flesh in lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not speaking railingly of dignities,
(2 Peter 2:6‑8,10)
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Jude 7• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)
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J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)