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Sodomite definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOD'OMITE, n.
1. An inhabitant of Sodom.
2. One guilty of sodomy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) [syn: sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century one who practices sodomy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who practises sodomy. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL Sodomita f. Gk Sodomites inhabitant of Sodom f. Sodoma Sodom

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sodomite Sod"om*ite, n. 1. An inhabitant of Sodom. 2. One guilty of sodomy.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sod'-om-it (qadhesh, feminine qedheshah): Qadhesh denotes properly a male temple prostitute, one of the class attached to certain sanctuaries of heathen deities, and "consecrated" to the impure rites of their worship. Such gross and degrading practices in Yahweh's land could only be construed as a flagrant outrage; and any association of these with His pure worship was abhorrent (De 23:17 f): The presence of Sodomites is noted as a mark of degeneracy in Rehoboam's time (1Ki 14:24). Asa endeavored to get rid of them (1Ki 15:12), and Jehoshaphat routed them out (1Ki 22:46). Subsequent corruptions opened the way for their return, and Josiah had to break down their houses which were actually "in the house of the Lord" (2Ki 23:7). The feminine qedheshah is translated "prostitute" in Ge 38:21,22; Ho 4:14; in De 23:17 "prostitute" (the King James Version margin "sodomitess," the Revised Version margin transliterates). The English word is, of course, derived from Sodom, the inhabitants of which were in evil repute for unnatural vice.

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