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Genesis 14

Gen. 14:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That these made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
with
'eth (Hebrew #854)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
KJV usage: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: probably from 579
Bera
Bera` (Hebrew #1298)
Bera, a Sodomitish king
KJV usage: Bera.
Pronounce: beh'-rah
Origin: of uncertain derivation
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
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
, and with Birsha
Birsha` (Hebrew #1306)
with wickedness; Birsha, a king of Gomorrah
KJV usage: Birsha.
Pronounce: beer-shah'
Origin: probably from 7562 with a prepositional prefix
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Gomorrah
`Amorah (Hebrew #6017)
a (ruined) heap; Amorah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gomorrah.
Pronounce: am-o-raw'
Origin: from 6014
, Shinab
Shin'ab (Hebrew #8134)
a father has turned; Shinab, a Canaanite
KJV usage: Shinab.
Pronounce: shin-awb'
Origin: probably from {SI 18132}8132{/SI} and 1
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Admah
'Admah (Hebrew #126)
earthy; Admah, a place near the Dead Sea
KJV usage: Admah.
Pronounce: ad-maw'
Origin: contracted for 127
d, and Shemeber
Shem'eber (Hebrew #8038)
name of pinion, i.e. illustrious; Shemeber, a king of Zeboim
KJV usage: Shemeber.
Pronounce: shem-ay'-ber
Origin: apparently from 8034 and 83
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Zeboiim
Tsbo'iym (Hebrew #6636)
or Tsbiyim {tseb-ee-yeem'}; plural of 6643; gazelles; Tseboim or Tsebijim, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Zeboiim, Zeboim.
Pronounce: tseb-o-eem'
Origin: or (more correctly) Tsbiyiym {tseb-ee-yeem'}
, and the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Bela
Bela` (Hebrew #1106)
Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Bela.
Pronounce: beh'-lah
Origin: the same as 1105
, which is
huw' (Hebrew #1931)
a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
KJV usage: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
Pronounce: hoo
Origin: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}
e Zoar
Tso`ar (Hebrew #6820)
little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Zoar.
Pronounce: tso'ar
Origin: from 6819
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Deut. 29:23• 23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: (Deut. 29:23)
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Hos. 11:8• 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)
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Gen. 19:22• 22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. (Gen. 19:22)

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Admah,
Bela; Belah,
Bera,
Birsha,
Gomorrah; Gomorrha,
King,
Shemeber,
Shinab,
Sodom; Sodoma,
War,
Zeboim; Zeboiim,
Zoar

Cross References

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Sodom.
Gen. 10:19• 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Gen. 10:19)
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Gen. 13:10• 10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (Gen. 13:10)
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Gen. 19:24• 24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; (Gen. 19:24)
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Isa. 1:9‑10• 9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
 10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. (Isa. 1:9‑10)
Admah.
Deut. 29:23• 23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: (Deut. 29:23)
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Hos. 11:8• 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)
Zeboiim.
1 Sam. 13:18• 18And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. (1 Sam. 13:18)
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Neh. 11:34• 34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, (Neh. 11:34)
Zoar.
Gen. 19:20‑30• 20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
 21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
 22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
 23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
 24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
 25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
 26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
 27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
 28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
 29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
 30And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. (Gen. 19:20‑30)
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Deut. 34:3• 3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. (Deut. 34:3)
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Isa. 15:5• 5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. (Isa. 15:5)
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Jer. 48:34• 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. (Jer. 48:34)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.