H6820 H6820
Zoar; a small city at the southeastern end of the Dead Sea where Lot fled from Sodom's destruction.
The name Zoar (meaning 'small, insignificant') belongs to one of the five cities of the plain, originally called Bela (Gen 14:2, 8). It became Lot's refuge when he pleaded that it was 'a little one' and was spared from the fiery judgment that consumed Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19:22-23). Later prophetic references in Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:34 mention Zoar in oracles against Moab, confirming its location near the southeastern shore of the Dead Sea. Moses glimpsed it from Mount Nebo (Deut 34:3).
Senses
1. Zoar (place name) — Zoar (tso'ar), a city at the southeastern end of the Dead Sea, one of the five cities of the plain originally called Bela (Gen 14:2, 8). Its name, meaning 'small' or 'insignificant,' derives from Lot's plea that it was 'a little one' (Gen 19:20), and it was spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as Lot's place of refuge (Gen 19:22-23, 30). It appears in Moses' panoramic view from Nebo (Deut 34:3) and in prophetic oracles against Moab (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34). The Septuagint renders it as Segor/Zogor, while Spanish Tzoar/Zoar and French Tsoar/Zoar all preserve the same referent. 10×
AR["صُوعَرَ", "صُوعَرُ", "صُوغَر", "صُوغَرَ", "فِي-صُوغَر", "مِنْ-صُوعَرَ", "مِنْ-صُوغَر"]·ben["-সোয়রে", "সোয়র", "সোয়র-থেকে", "সোয়রে"]·DE["Zoar", "[מצער]", "[צער]", "aus-Zoar", "in-Zoar", "nach-Zoar"]·EN["Zoar", "from-Tsoar", "from-Zoar", "in-Zoar", "to-Zoar"]·FR["Tsoar", "Zoar", "[מצער]", "[צער]", "dans-Tsoar", "de-Tsoar", "à-Tsoar"]·heb["ב-צוער", "מ-צוער", "צוער", "צער", "צערה-ה"]·HI["तसोअर", "तसोअर-मे", "तसोअर-से", "से-सोअर", "सोअर"]·ID["Zoar", "dari-Zoar", "di-Zoar", "ke-Zoar"]·IT["Zoar", "[מצער]", "[צער]", "a-Zoar", "da-Zoar", "in-Zoar"]·jav["Soar", "Zoar", "ing-Zoar", "saking-Zoar"]·KO["소아르에서-", "소알", "소알까지", "소알로", "소알에", "소알에서"]·PT["Tso'ar", "Tso'arah", "Tsoar", "Zoar", "de-Tso'ar", "de-Tsoar", "em-Tso'ar"]·RU["Цоар", "Цоара", "в-Цоар", "в-Цоаре", "из-Цоара", "от-Цоара"]·ES["Tzoar", "Zoar", "a-Tzoar", "de-Tzoar", "desde-Tsoar", "en-Tzoar"]·SW["Soari", "kutoka-Soari", "ndogo"]·TR["-den-Tsoar'dan", "Soar", "Soar'a", "Soar'da", "Soar'dan", "Tsoar", "Tsoar'a"]·urd["صعر", "صغر-سے", "صوعر", "صوغر", "صوغر-سے", "صوغر-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צֹ֫עַר, צ֫וֹעַר n.pr.loc. Zoar (understood as insignificance, cf. Gn 19:20);—Σηγωρ, 𝔊L Σιγωρ, but Gn 13:10 Je 48:34 Ζογορ(α); on 𝔊 cf. furhter LagBN 54 f.: city at SE. end of Dead Sea, צֹעַר Gn 13:10; 14:2, 8 (both = בֶּלַע), Dt 34:3; Is 15:5; Je 48:34; צוֹעַר Gn 19:22, 30(×2); c. ה loc., צֹ֫עֲרָה v 23 + Je 48:4 (for MT צעוריה), 𝔊 Ζογορα, JDMich Ew Gf Gie al.—cf. BuhlGeogr. 271. 274 GASmGeogr. 506 f. 678 (App.).