Zoar in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Zoar, zo'–är (Heb.)-- reduced; made small; lessened; smallness; littleness; brought low; despised; contemned; dishonored. One of the cities of the plain. to which Lot escaped when Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed (Gen. 13:10; 19:22). It was the same city as Bela (Gen. 14:2). In Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:34 Zoar is mentioned as being a city of Moab. Meta. Inferiority (smallness, littleness, one of the wicked cities of the plain, and belonging to Moab, or carnal mind).