Zior

Zi’or. (smallness). A town in the mountain district of Judah. Jos 15:54. It belongs to the same group with Hebron.

A town in the mountain region of Judah (Jos 15:54). A village between Aelia (Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, according to the Onomasticon Eusebius and Jerome.

[Zi’or]

City in Judah. Jos 15:54. Identified by some with Siair, 31° 35’ N, 35° 8’ E.

ZIOR.—A town in the hill-country of Judah (Jos 15:54). It is prob. to be identified with the modern village Sa’ir, about 6 miles N.N.E. of Hebron.

zı̄´or (ציער, cı̄‛ōr; Σώρθ, Sṓrth, or Ζιώρ, Siṓr): A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:54); probably Si‛air, 4 1/2 miles North-Northeast of Hebron where the Mukām ‛Aisa (Tomb of Esau) is now shown. It is a considerable village surrounded by cultivated land; a spring exists in the neighborhood; there are rock-cut tombs showing it is an ancient site (PEF, III, 309, Sh XXI).