Bible Location
Meaning: ship of him that watches · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Zior was a town in the hill country of Judah north-east of Hebron. It is important because it belongs to the settled upland geography around one of Judah's oldest regional centers. First appears in Josh 15:54.1
Place meaning
ship of him that watches
Coordinates
31.59, 35.15
First appears
Josh 15:54
AI summary: Zior matters through local continuity. It is one of the smaller Judahite hill towns that make the biblical map feel inhabited, rooted, and regionally specific rather than schematic.1
Place meaning
ship of him that watches
Latitude
31.59
Longitude
35.15
Bible references
1
Littleness, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:54); the modern Si’air, 4 1/2 miles north-north-east of Hebron. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Josh |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.