SODOMITES

–(The inhabitants of Sodom, many of whom openly practiced homosexuality)

–Wickedness of Ge 19:4-14

–Destroyed by fire as a judgement Ge 19:24,25

–To be judged according to opportunity Mt 11:24; Lu 10:12

–A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality) De 23:17; 1Ki 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2Ki 23:7; Job 36:14

–The word “harlot” (“shrine prostitute” (N. I. V.)) appears in Ge 38:21,22

–And is applied to males De 23:17

–And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere “sodomite” Ho 4:14

–See SODOMY