Γόμορρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γομόρρᾱ (Gomórrhā), Γομόρρᾱς (Gomórrhās)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡó.mor̥.r̥a/ → /ˈɣo.mor.ra/ → /ˈɣo.mo.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡó.mor̥.r̥a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.mor.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣo.mor.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣo.mor.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣo.mo.ra/

Proper noun

Γόμορρᾰ • (Gómorrha) f (genitive Γομόρρᾱς); first declension
Γόμορρᾰ • (Gómorrha) n pl (genitive Γομόρρων); second declension

1. Gomorrah.

Usage notes

• Usages of Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrha) in the Septuagint have no accentuation.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γόμορρᾰ; τῆς Γομόρρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γόμορρᾰ hē Gómorrha
Genitive	τῆς Γομόρρᾱς tês Gomórrhās
Dative	τῇ Γομόρρᾳ têi Gomórrhāi
Accusative	τὴν Γόμορρᾰν tḕn Gómorrhan
Vocative	Γόμορρᾰ Gómorrha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Γόμορρᾰ; τῶν Γομόρρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Γόμορρᾰ tà Gómorrha
Genitive	τῶν Γομόρρων tôn Gomórrhōn
Dative	τοῖς Γομόρροις toîs Gomórrhois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Γόμορρᾰ tà Gómorrha
Vocative	Γόμορρᾰ Gómorrha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Gomorrah
• Greek: Γόμορρα (Gómorra)
• Latin: Gomorra

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G1116 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible