Zoar

Meaning

Proper Noun

• One of the Pentapolis, the five ancient cities in the Jordan valley.
• A number of modern places named after the Biblical city.

Origin

• 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. From צֹעַר. Was present in Old English as Sægor.