Sodom and Gomorrah
The names of the two cities that were destroyed because of their sins, as recounted in Genesis 19. Figuratively: a term for a place of depravity lacking all religious or social morality.
("And the LORD said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave" — Genesis 18:20; and likewise: "Regarding the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, he wrote that this is the greatest of sins if they made laws for decorum and religion that were not good" — Responsa Si'ach Yitzchak, siman Tav-Lamed-Vav)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
סְדוֹם וַעֲמֹורָה
Definition (Hebrew)
שְׁמוֹת שְׁתֵּי הֶעָרִים שֶׁהֻושְׁמְדוּ בִּגְלַל פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם כַּמְּסֻופָּר בִּבְרֵאשִׁית יט. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כִּינּוּי מְקוֹם פְּרִיצוּת חֲסַר כָּל מוּסָרִיּוּת דָּתִית אוֹ חֶבְרָתִית.
("וַיֹּאמֶר ה' זַעֲקַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה כִּי רָבָּה וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי כָבְדָה מְאֹד"- בְּרֵאשִׁית יח כ, וְכֵן:"בְּעִנְיַן חֵטְא סְדוֹם וַעֲמֹרָה, כָּתַב שֶׁזֶּה גָּדוֹל שֶׁבַּחֲטָאִים אִם עָשׂוּ לְנִימוּס וְדָת חֻקִּים לֹא טוֹבִים"- שׁוּ"ת שִׂיחַ יִצְחָק סִימָן תָּלוּ)