ZOAR

A city on the south-east side of the Dead sea, was destined, with the other four cities, to be consumed by fire from heaven; but at the intercession of Lot it was preserved, Ge 14:2; 19:20-23,30. It was originally called Bela; but after Lot entreated the angel’s permission to take refuge in it, and insisted on the smallness of this city, it had the name Zoar, which signifies small.

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Zoar. 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.

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Zoar. little; small

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ZOAR. → A city of the Moabites, near the Jordan River Ge 13:10 → Territory of De 34:3; Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34 → King of, fought against Chedorlaomer Ge 14:2,8 → Not destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah Ge 19:20-23,30

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a small city in the plain of Jordan Ge 13:10; 19:22; De 34:3; Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34