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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 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 - Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart weeps for Moab.
Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.
Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.
Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:34 - “Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.
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