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zı̄´or ( ציער , cı̄‛ōr ; Σώρθ , Sṓrth , or Ζιώρ , Siṓr ): A town in the hill country of Judah ( Joshua 15:54 ); 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 ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Zior'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/z/zior.html. 1915.

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