Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

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 Mt. 11:24; Lk. 10:12
  • A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality) Dt. 23:17; 1 Ki. 14:24, 15:12, 22:46; 2 Ki. 23:7; Job 36:14
  • The word "harlot" ("shrine prostitute" (N. I. V.)) appears in Gen. 38:21, 22
  • And is applied to males Dt. 23:17
  • And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere "sodomite" Hos. 4:14
  • See SODOMY