Quick Definition
Zoar
Biblical Persons & Places
Zoar
Zoar
A location first mentioned at Gen.13.10;
referred to as Zoar (צֹ֫עַר), or Bela (בֶּ֫לַע), or Zair (צָעִיר).
Strong's Definition
Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
Derivation: from H6819 (צָעַר); little;
KJV Usage: Zoar.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Zoar = "insignificance"
1) 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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צֹ֫עַר (tso.ar) — Zoar.
§ Zoar = "insignificance" 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צֹ֫עַר, צ֫וֹעַר n.pr.loc. Zoar (understood as insignificance) city at SE. end of Dead Sea base