zoar

zoar · noun¹

1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromצֹעַר“insignificance, smallness”
2. English todayzoar

From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”).

Zoar · proper noun²

1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromצֹעַר“insignificance, smallness”
2. English todayZoar

From Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 19:22, 23, and 30 as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Was present in Old English as Segor.

First known use, by meaning

• From 1865 A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.