Gomorrah

Gomorrah (meaning rebellious people or submersion) was one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim near the southern end of the Dead Sea region, destroyed along with Sodom by fire and brimstone from heaven (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24–28). The wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah was so notorious that Abraham interceded with God for any righteous people within them, but none beyond Lot's family were found (Gen. 18:20–33). The destruction of these cities became the paradigmatic example of divine judgment on extreme moral depravity throughout Scripture (Deut. 29:23; Isa. 1:9–10; Jer. 23:14; Amos 4:11; 2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 7). Jesus invoked Gomorrah's fate in warning that cities rejecting his disciples would face a worse judgment (Matt. 10:15). The precise geographic location of Gomorrah remains disputed, with various sites along the Dead Sea's southern shore proposed by archaeologists.