International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zior

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zior


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zı̄´or (ציער, cı̄‛ōr; Σώρθ, Sṓrth, or Ζιώρ, Siṓr): A town in the hill country of Judah (); probably Si‛air, 4 1/2 miles North-Northeast of Hebron where the Mukām ‛Aisa (Tomb of Esau) is now shown. It is a considerable village surrounded by cultivated land; a spring exists in the neighborhood; there are rock-cut tombs showing it is an ancient site (PEF, III, 309, Sh XXI).