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zoar

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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




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