§ 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 lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it is all a watered country (before Jehovah’s destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah’s garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,Genesis 14:2 · צֹֽעַר׃they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.Genesis 14:8 · צֹ֑עַרAnd the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,Genesis 19:22 · צֽוֹעַר׃haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;’ therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.Genesis 19:23 · צֹֽעֲרָה׃The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,Genesis 19:30 · מִצּ֜וֹעַר · בְּצ֑וֹעַרAnd Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth in a cave, he and his two daughters.Deuteronomy 34:3 · צֹֽעַר׃and the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar.Isaiah 15:5 · צֹ֖עַרMy heart is toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third year, For—the ascent of Luhith—With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up.Jeremiah 48:34 · מִצֹּ֙עַר֙Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third year, For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.