This is the name of the place Zoar: A city near Sodom, spared from destruction.
Definition
from H6819; little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
Traditional renderings: Zoar.
Traditional renderings: Zoar.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
10 total
- Genesis 13:10צֹֽעַר׃ · to ZoarAnd Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Genesis 14:2צֹֽעַר׃ · Zoar)…went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- Genesis 14:8צֹ֑עַר · ZoarThen the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
- Genesis 19:22צֽוֹעַר׃ · ZoarHurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:23צֹֽעֲרָה׃ · ZoarAnd by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
- Genesis 19:30 (2×)מִצּ֜וֹעַר · Zoar; בְּצ֑וֹעַר · in ZoarLot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
- Deuteronomy 34:3צֹֽעַר׃ · to Zoar…the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
- Isaiah 15:5צֹ֖עַר · far as ZoarMy heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Jeremiah 48:34מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ · from ZoarThere is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.