Atlas  Zior and surrounding region Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info You are free to use up to 50 Biblos coprighted maps (small or large) for your website or presentation. Please credit Biblos.com. Occurrences Joshua 15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.Encyclopedia ZIORzi'-or (tsi`or; Sorth, or Sior): A town in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:54); probably Si'air, 4 1/2 miles North-Northeast of Hebron where the Mukam `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). ZIOR, probably it is to be found at Siair, a ruin on a hill 4 1/2 ms. n .n.e. from Hebron, 13 ms. s. from Jerusalem. Josh. 15:54. Strong's Hebrew H6730: Tsiora place near Hebron |
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