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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49298" /> ==
 
<p> <strong> [[Admah]] </strong> (&nbsp; [[Genesis]] 10:19; &nbsp; Genesis 14:2; &nbsp; Genesis 14:8 , &nbsp; Deuteronomy 29:23 , &nbsp; Hosea 11:8 ). One of the cities of the <em> [[Ciccar]] </em> or ‘Round.’ It is not noticed as overthrown in the account of the destruction of [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]] (&nbsp; Genesis 19:1-38 ), but is included in their catastrophe in the two later passages. </p>
Admah <ref name="term_600" />
       
<p> ''''' ad´ma ''''' ( אדמה , <i> ''''' 'adhmāh ''''' </i> ): From a root signifying red; one of the Cities of the Plain (Ciccar) (&nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Genesis 14:2 , &nbsp;Genesis 14:8; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8 ) upon which [[Abraham]] and [[Lot]] looked from the heights of Bethel; destroyed with [[Sodom]] and Gomorrah. Conder tentatively identifies it with the City of Adam referred to in &nbsp;Joshua 3:16 , and thinks that perhaps the name may be preserved in that of Damieh Ford, near the mouth of the river Jabbok; but that point could not have been in view from Bethel. See [[Vale Of Siddim]] . </p>
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64688" /> ==
 
<p> One of the cities in the plains of [[Jordan]] destroyed with Sodom and. Gomorrah. &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23 . It was subject to Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, but its king revolted. In the war that followed all were carried away including Lot, but [[Abraham]] pursued and recovered all. &nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Genesis 14:8 . Jehovah, when speaking of His fierce anger against [[Ephraim]] said, "How shall I make thee as Admah?" &nbsp;Hosea 11:8 . </p>
== References ==
       
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34269" /> ==
<p> One of the cities of the plain, having its own king, linked with [[Zeboim]] (&nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Genesis 14:2; &nbsp;Genesis 14:8; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8). [[Destroyed]] along with Sodom and Gomorrah (&nbsp;Genesis 19:24). </p>
       
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71249" /> ==
<p> '''Ad'mah.''' ''(Earthy, Fortress).'' One of the "cities of the plain," always coupled with Zeboim. &nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Genesis 14:2; &nbsp;Genesis 14:8; &nbsp;Genesis 29:23; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8. </p>
       
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69625" /> ==
<p> [[Admah]] ( ''Ăd'Mah'' ), [[Earth]] or ''Fortress,'' one of the five cities in the vale of Siddim, &nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Genesis 14:2, destroyed with Sodom. </p>
       
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38378" /> ==
&nbsp;Genesis 10:19&nbsp;Genesis 14:1&nbsp;Genesis 19:29&nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23&nbsp;Hosea 11:8
       
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15490" /> ==
<p> One of the four cities in the plain of Siddim, destroyed by fire from heaven and covered by the [[Dead]] Sea, &nbsp;Genesis 14:2; &nbsp;19:24,25; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8 . </p>
       
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30231" /> ==
&nbsp;Genesis 10:19&nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23&nbsp;Joshua 3:16Zeboim
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18087" /> ==
<p> (Heb. Admah", '''''אִדְמָה''''' , properly ''Earth;'' Sept. '''''Ἀδαμά''''' , but '''''Ἀδάμα''''' in Hosea), one of the five cities in the vale of [[Siddim]] (&nbsp;Genesis 10:19), which had a king of its own (&nbsp;Genesis 14:2; &nbsp;Genesis 14:8). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (&nbsp;Genesis 19:24; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8). Near the south-west end of the Dead Sea, M. De Saulcy passed through a place marked with the effects of volcanic agency, called ''Et Thoemah,'' where his guides assured him were ruins of a city anciently overthrown by the [[Almighty]] ''(Narrative,'' 1, 420); but its identification with Admah needs corroboration. Reland ''(Paloest.'' p. 545) is inclined to infer, from the constant order of the names, that it was situated between Gomorrah and Zeboim; but even these sites are so uncertain that we can only conjecture the locality of Admah somewhere near the middle of the southern end of the Dead Sea. (See Sodom). </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_600" /> ==
<p> ''''' ad´ma ''''' ( אדמה , <i> ''''' 'adhmāh ''''' </i> ): From a root signifying red; one of the Cities of the Plain (Ciccar) (&nbsp;Genesis 10:19; &nbsp;Genesis 14:2 , &nbsp;Genesis 14:8; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:23; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8 ) upon which Abraham and [[Lot]] looked from the heights of Bethel; destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah. Conder tentatively identifies it with the City of Adam referred to in &nbsp;Joshua 3:16 , and thinks that perhaps the name may be preserved in that of Damieh Ford, near the mouth of the river Jabbok; but that point could not have been in view from Bethel. See [[Vale Of Siddim]] . </p>
       
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14806" /> ==
<p> Ad´mah, one of the cities in the vale of Siddim (&nbsp;Genesis 10:19), which had a king of its own (&nbsp;Genesis 14:2). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (&nbsp;Genesis 19:24; &nbsp;Hosea 11:8). </p>
       
==References ==
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<ref name="term_49298"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/admah Admah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_64688"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/admah Admah from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_34269"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/admah Admah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_71249"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/admah Admah from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_69625"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/admah Admah from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_38378"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/admah Admah from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_15490"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/admah Admah from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_30231"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/admah Admah from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_18087"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/admah Admah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_600"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/admah Admah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_600"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/admah Admah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_14806"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/admah Admah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 11:25, 16 October 2021

Admah [1]

ad´ma ( אדמה , 'adhmāh ): From a root signifying red; one of the Cities of the Plain (Ciccar) ( Genesis 10:19;  Genesis 14:2 ,  Genesis 14:8;  Deuteronomy 29:23;  Hosea 11:8 ) upon which Abraham and Lot looked from the heights of Bethel; destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah. Conder tentatively identifies it with the City of Adam referred to in  Joshua 3:16 , and thinks that perhaps the name may be preserved in that of Damieh Ford, near the mouth of the river Jabbok; but that point could not have been in view from Bethel. See Vale Of Siddim .

References

  1. ↑ Admah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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