Sodomites

• (The inhabitants of Sodom, many of whom openly practiced homosexuality)
• Wickedness ofGen 19:4–14
• Destroyed by fire as a judgementGen 19:24Gen 19:25
• To be judged according to opportunityMat 11:24Luk 10:12
• A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality)Deu 23:171Ki 14:241Ki 15:121Ki 22:462Ki 23:7Job 36:14
• The word "harlot" ("shrine prostitute" (N. I. V.)) appears inGen 38:21Gen 38:22
• And is applied to malesDeu 23:17
• And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere "sodomite"Hos 4:14

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