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Lexicon :: Strong's H6820 - ṣōʿar

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צֹעַר
Transliteration
ṣōʿar
Pronunciation
tso'ar
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

צֹעַר Tsôʻar, tso'ar; from H6819; little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan:—Zoar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H6820 in the following manner: Zoar (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H6820 in the following manner: Zoar (10x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֹעַר Tsôʻar, tso'ar; from H6819; little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan:—Zoar.
STRONGS H6820: Abbreviations
† צֹ֫עַר, צ֫וֺעַר proper name, of a location Zoar (understood as insignficance, compare Genesis 19:20); — Σηλωρ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Σιλωρ, but Genesis 13:10; Jeremiah 48:34 Ζογορ(α); on Greek Version of the LXX compare further LagBN 54 f.: city at southeast end of Dead Sea, צֹעַר Genesis 13:10; Genesis 14:2, 8 (both = בֶּלַע) Deuteronomy 34:3; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34; צוֺעַר Genesis 19:22, 30 (twice in verse); with ה locative, צֹ֫עֲרָה Genesis 19:23 + Jeremiah 48:4 (for MT צעוריה), Greek Version of the LXX Ζαλορα, JDMich Ew Gf Gie and others — (compare BuhlGeogr. 271. 274 GASmGeogr.506 f. 678 (App.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:10; 13:10; 14:2; 14:8; 19:20; 19:22; 19:23; 19:30

Deuteronomy

34:3

Isaiah

15:5

Jeremiah

48:4; 48:34; 48:34

H6820

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6820 matches the Hebrew צֹעַר (ṣōʿar),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zo'ar; this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomor'rah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomor'rah, Shinab king of Admah, Sheme'ber king of Zeboi'im, and the king of Bela (that is, Zo'ar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomor'rah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboi'im, and the king of Bela (that is, Zo'ar) went out, and they joined battle in the Valley of Siddim

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zo'ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 - The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zo'ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Now Lot went up out of Zo'ar, and dwelt in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to dwell in Zo'ar; so he dwelt in a cave with his two daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zo'ar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart cries out for Moab; his fugitives flee to Zo'ar, to Eg'lath-shelish'iyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horona'im they raise a cry of destruction;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 - "Heshbon and Ele-a'leh cry out; as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zo'ar to Horona'im and Eg'lath-shelish'iyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate.
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