Admah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Admah (  Genesis 10:19;   Genesis 14:2;   Genesis 14:8 ,   Deuteronomy 29:23 ,   Hosea 11:8 ). One of the cities of the Ciccar or ‘Round.’ It is not noticed as overthrown in the account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (  Genesis 19:1-38 ), but is included in their catastrophe in the two later passages.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the cities in the plains of Jordan destroyed with Sodom and. Gomorrah.  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.  Genesis 10:19;  Genesis 14:8 . Jehovah, when speaking of His fierce anger against Ephraim said, "How shall I make thee as Admah?"  Hosea 11:8 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of the cities of the plain, having its own king, linked with Zeboim ( Genesis 10:19;  Genesis 14:2;  Genesis 14:8;  Deuteronomy 29:23;  Hosea 11:8). Destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:24).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ad'mah. (Earthy, Fortress). One of the "cities of the plain," always coupled with Zeboim.  Genesis 10:19;  Genesis 14:2;  Genesis 14:8;  Genesis 29:23;  Hosea 11:8.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Admah ( Ăd'Mah ), Earth or Fortress, one of the five cities in the vale of Siddim,  Genesis 10:19;  Genesis 14:2, destroyed with Sodom.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 10:19 Genesis 14:1 Genesis 19:29 Deuteronomy 29:23 Hosea 11:8

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

One of the four cities in the plain of Siddim, destroyed by fire from heaven and covered by the Dead Sea,  Genesis 14:2;  19:24,25;  Hosea 11:8 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 10:19 Deuteronomy 29:23 Joshua 3:16Zeboim

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Admah", אִדְמָה , properly Earth; Sept. Ἀδαμά , but Ἀδάμα in Hosea), one of the five cities in the vale of Siddim ( Genesis 10:19), which had a king of its own ( Genesis 14:2;  Genesis 14:8). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:24;  Deuteronomy 29:23;  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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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 .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ad´mah, one of the cities in the vale of Siddim ( Genesis 10:19), which had a king of its own ( Genesis 14:2). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis 19:24;  Hosea 11:8).