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tso.ar H6820

צֹ֫עַר (tso.ar) means “Zoar” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

צֹ֫עַר Hebrew · H6820 10 tagged occurrences in 9 verses

Pronunciation guide: tso'ar Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6820

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H6819 (צָעַר); little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan

KJV glosses: Zoar.

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How translators render H6820

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
zoar 5
to zoar 2
far as zoar 1
from zoar 1
in zoar 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
unto zoar 3
zoar 3
from zoar 1
in zoar 1
into zoar 1
out of zoar 1

Verses containing H6820

Page 1 of 1. 9 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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  2. Genesis 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

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  3. Genesis 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim

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  4. Genesis 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

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  5. Genesis 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

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  6. Genesis 19:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

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  7. Deuteronomy 34:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

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  8. Isaiah 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

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  9. Jeremiah 48:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

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Sources and text

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