Zior — the meaning of the Hebrew name צִיעֹר

צִיעֹר

Tsîyʻôr · pronounced tsee-ore' · Strong's H6730 · a place

Zior means small.

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צָעַר tsâʻar (from, H6819) — to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble open in the lexicon ›

from H6819; small; Tsior, a place in Palestine.

Josh 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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