Word Study · Strong's H6820 · Hebrew
צֹעַר
Tsoar
tso'ar
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsôʻar
“Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
Rendered in the KJV as
Zoar.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- צֹֽעַר׃3
- בְּצ֑וֹעַר1
- מִצּ֜וֹעַר1
- מִצֹּ֙עַר֙1
- צֽוֹעַר׃1
- צֹ֑עַר1
- צֹ֖עַר1
- צֹֽעֲרָה׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- Zoar4
- [is] Zoar2
- from Zoar2
- in Zoar1
- Zoar towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)6
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HR/Npl · 3
- HNpl/Sd · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis7 occurrences
- Genesis 13:10צֹֽעַר׃tzoarproper noun (a name)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.)here: Zoar
- Genesis 14:2צֹֽעַר׃tzoarproper noun (a name)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).here: [is] Zoar
- Genesis 14:8צֹ֑עַרtzoarproper noun (a name)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 Siddimhere: [is] Zoar
- Genesis 19:22צֽוֹעַר׃tzoarproper noun (a name)Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.here: Zoar
- Genesis 19:23צֹֽעֲרָה׃tzoarahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.here: Zoar towards
- Genesis 19:30מִצּ֜וֹעַרmitzoarpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: from Zoar
- Genesis 19:30בְּצ֑וֹעַרbetzoarpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: in Zoar