Zoar — the meaning of the Hebrew name צֹעַר

צֹעַר

Tsôʻar · pronounced tso'ar · Strong's H6820 · a place

Zoar means little.

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Strong's definition

from H6819; little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan.

First appearance

Gen 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (KJV)

Every verse that names Zoar

9 occurrences in 9 verses — Genesis, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Jeremiah

Gen 13:10Gen 14:2Gen 14:8Gen 19:22Gen 19:23Gen 19:30Deut 34:3Isa 15:5Jer 48:34

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