ZIOR.A town in the hill-country of Judah (Jos_15:54). It is prob. to be identified with the modern village Sair, about 6 miles N.N.E. of Hebron.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A town in the mountain region of Judah (Jos_15:54). A village between Aelia (Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, according to the Onomasticon Eusebius and Jerome.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zi'or. (smallness). A town in the mountain district of Judah. Jos_15:54. It belongs to the same group with Hebron.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zı̄?or (ציער, cı̄‛ōr; Σώρθ, Sṓrth, or Ζιώρ, Siṓr): A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos_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).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. Tsior', צַיעֹר, smallness; Sept. Σιώρ v.r. Σωραίθ; Vulg. Sior), a town in the highland district of Judah (Jos_15:54), where it is mentioned in the group around Hebron to the south. SEE JUDAH, TRIBE OF. Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v.. Σιώρ) call it a village between Jerusalem and Eleutheropolis. It probably corresponds to the small village still called Sair on the road about six miles north-east of Hebron towards Tekoa (Robinson, Bibl. Res. 1, 488), traditionally pointed out as the site of the grave of Esau (Schwarz, Palest. p. 106).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.