LOT'S WIFE

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• LOT'S WIFE (noun)
  The noun LOT'S WIFE has 1 sense:

1. (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt

  Familiarity information: LOT'S WIFE used as a noun is very rare.

• LOT'S WIFE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Jewess (a woman who is a Jew)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

 Context examples 

Very well; I hope you feel the content you express: at any rate, your good sense will tell you that it is too soon yet to yield to the vacillating fears of Lot's wife.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)