The meaning of “צֹעַר”
Understanding Tsôʻar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Zoar. - § Zoar = "insignificance" - Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan 1) a city at the southeast end of the Dead Sea gro...
צֹעַר
Zoar. - § Zoar = "insignificance" - Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 19:22 | “Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.” Word: צֹעַר (Tsôʻar) | |
| Deuteronomy 34:3 | “And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.” Word: צֹעַר (Tsôʻar) | |
| Isaiah 15:5 | “My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.” Word: צֹעַר (Tsôʻar) | |
| Jeremiah 48:34 | “From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.” Word: צֹעַר (Tsôʻar) |