📖 Biblical Definition
In Genesis 19:15-26, the angels urged Lot and his family to flee Sodom before the Lord rained brimstone and fire. They were warned: look not behind thee. Lot's wife, fleeing alongside her family, looked back — and became a pillar of salt. Christ's solemn warning in Luke 17:32 is two words long and contains the entire weight of the warning: Remember Lot's wife.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
LOT'S WIFE, n.
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A scriptural event; the destruction of Lot's wife outside Sodom.
📖 Key Scripture
Genesis 19:17 — "Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed."
Genesis 19:26 — "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."
Luke 17:32 — "Remember Lot's wife."
Luke 17:33 — "Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern Christianity loves the city it claims to flee; Christ said remember Lot's wife.
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Luke 17:32 is one of the shortest verses in the New Testament and one of the most pastorally severe. Remember Lot's wife. Christ's warning, given in the Olivet Discourse context, is that fleeing in the day of judgment requires whole-hearted departure. Hesitation is fatal. The woman who looked back was not pining for her treasures; she was pining for the city itself.
Modern Christianity often loves the city it claims to flee. The believer who professes faith but lingers spiritually in worldly attractions, comforts, sins, and identities risks Lot's-wife outcomes. Christ does not tell us to look back at what was lost; He tells us to flee to the mountain and not stop. Set your face like a flint; keep walking; do not look back. The mountain ahead is more glorious than the city behind.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Hebrew/Greek roots below.
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H4417 — melach — salt
H5322 — natsiv — pillar
Usage
"Modern Christianity loves the city it claims to flee; Christ said remember Lot's wife."
"She was not pining for treasures; she was pining for the city itself."
"Set your face like flint; keep walking; do not look back."