Vine Of Sodom

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Vine Of Sodom [1]

( גּפן־סרם , gephen ṣedhōm ):

"For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,

And of the fields of Gomorrah:

Their grapes are grapes of gall,

Their clusters are bitter" ( Deuteronomy 32:32 ).

This must be distinguished from the "Apples of Sodom" (which see), described by Josephus ( Bj , IV, viii, 4), which appear to have been an actual species of fruit, probably either the colocynth or the fruit of the Usher tree, Calotropis procera . It would appear, however, from the above, the only passage referring to the Vine of Sodom, that this expression is metaphorical and does not refer to any particular plant.

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