§ 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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tso.ar · Zoar · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 13:10 · צֹֽעַר׃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.)Genesis 14:2 · צֹֽעַר׃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).Genesis 14:8 · צֹ֑עַרThen 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 SiddimGenesis 19:22 · צֽוֹעַר׃Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.Genesis 19:23 · צֹֽעֲרָה׃And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.Genesis 19:30 · מִצּ֜וֹעַר · בְּצ֑וֹעַרLot 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.Deuteronomy 34:3 · צֹֽעַר׃the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.Isaiah 15:5 · צֹ֖עַרMy 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.Jeremiah 48:34 · מִצֹּ֙עַר֙There 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.