English Dictionary: Zoar | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Zoar | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Zoar, OH (village, FIPS 88168) Location: 40.61397 N, 81.42432 W Population (1990): 177 (74 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Zoar small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred to by the prophets Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah (48:34). Its ruins are still seen at the opening of the ravine of Kerak, the Kir-Moab referred to in 2 Kings 3, the modern Tell esh-Shaghur. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Zoar, little; small |