Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ZOAR

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Definitions of ZOAR

1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.
2. A number of modern places named after the Biblical city.
3. (biblical) One of the Pentapolis, the five ancient cities in the Jordan valley.
4. A ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1865]

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Examples of Using ZOAR in a Sentence

• The camp was originally situated on Lake Zoar in Monroe, but was relocated to the Union property when the original camp's dining hall was destroyed by a severe winter storm.
• Zoar was founded by Radical Pietist Christian dissenters from Germany called the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1817.
• An Algonquian earthwork mound from the first or second Stone Age is located on a farm in the area of Rosenberg along Zoar Valley near Gowanda.
• The portion of the old Ousatonic road north of Stevenson Dam is now mostly submerged as a result of the damming of the Housatonic to form Lake Zoar and Lake Lillinonah.
• From Barberton the Tuscarawas flows generally south through Stark and Tuscarawas counties; the communities of Clinton, Canal Fulton, Massillon, Navarre, Bolivar, Zoar, Dover, and New Philadelphia were developed along its banks.
• The communities of Zoar, Cozaddale, Murdock, Hopkinsville, Dallasburg, and Fosters are located here.
• Led by Chedorlaomer, the four kings Amraphel, Arioch, Chedorlaomer, and Tidal engaged in a punitive expedition against five kings of Canaan who rebelled against Chedorlaomer, Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboim, and Zoar of Bela.
• The mission stations expanded to Okak (1776), Hopedale (1782), Hebron at Kauerdluksoak Bay (1830–1959), serving also Napartok Bay and Saeglek Bay, Zoar (1864–1889), Ramah (1871–1908), Makkovik (1896), and Killiniq on Cape Chidley island (1905–1925).
• The Wilderness: Is home of Ellwood Manor, the burial place of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's left arm, the remains of the Wilderness tavern, and the Wilderness Battlefield exhibit, it is bordered to the south by Spotsylvania County, and extends from the intersections of the Germanna Highway (Route 3) and the Constitution Highway (Route 20) westward to Zoar Road (Route 611).
• In the fourth reading, in chapter 14, the Mesopotamian Kings Amraphel of Shinar, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim made war on the Canaanite kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar, who joined forces at the Battle of Siddim, now the Dead Sea.
• As the sun rose and Lot entered Zoar, God rained sulfurous fire from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah and annihilated the entire plain.
• According to these accounts, during the lifetime of Nahor (Abraham's grandfather), a certain Armonius the Canaanite had two sons named Sodom and Gomorrah, for whom he named two newly built towns, naming a third, Zoar, after their mother.
• Later on, other Moravian settlements were established at Hebron (1830), Zoar (1865), Ramah (1871), Makkovik (1896) and Killinek in Nunavut (1904).
• An Algonkian mound from the first or second Stone Age is located on a farm in the area of Rosenburg along Zoar in Gowanda.
• Heiser, who remained active with the AAUW for many years, was also a delegate to the Governor's Conference on Libraries, the founder of the Committee for Elderly Concerns, a member of the boards of directors of the Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Regency Hall Nursing Home, and also was a volunteer for the Zoar Home.
• Ebenezer Chapel at Bodle Street Green changed from Independent to Strict Baptist in 1864 as a result of its new pastor's involvement with Zoar Chapel: originally an Independent, he was received into the Strict Baptist Church at Lower Dicker and asked for Ebenezer Chapel to realign in the same way before he accepted the pastorate.

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