Tsôʻar — H6820

H6820 · Hebrew — צער

Pronunciation: tso'ar

Definition

locative proper noun

Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan

  1. Zoar = "insignificance"
  2. a city at the southeast end of the Dead Sea grouped with Sodom and Gomorrah as being one of the 5 cities slated for destruction by God; spared at Lot's plea as his place of refuge

Usually translated as

Zoar

Origin

from H6819; little

Occurrences

Tsôʻar occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Deuteronomy (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T