How many times is Sodom mentioned in the Bible?
The word Sodom appears 48 times in the King James Version, in 47 verses. It is found in 14 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Sodom 49 times.
Sodom in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Sodom counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Sodom | 48 | 49 |
| Total | 48 | 49 |
Which books mention Sodom most
Sodom appears in 14 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (21), then Ezekiel (6) and Isaiah (4).
First and last mention of Sodom
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
The verse that uses it most is Genesis 19:1, 2 times:
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Romans 9:29: counted in the World English Bible only
And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
Verses with Sodom on our topic pages
2 verses that use Sodom in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
“‘“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
On: Hell
Common questions
How many times is Sodom in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 39 of the 48 uses are in the Old Testament and 9 in the New Testament. Sodom appears in 14 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (21), then Ezekiel (6) and Isaiah (4).
Where is Sodom first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 10:19: "And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha." The last is Revelation 11:8.
More word counts: Gomorrah, Eden, Zion, Canaan, Damascus, Jericho, Samaria, Nineveh, or all 253 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.