ZIOR

zi'-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).

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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.H6730: Tsior

a place near Hebron