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Zuar

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Zuar was the father of Nethanel, a leader of the tribe of Issachar during the wilderness wanderings.

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Zuar Zuar was an Israelite man of the tribe of Issachar. He was the father of Nethanel, who was chosen as the leader of the tribe of Issachar during the census and organization of Israel in the wilderness (Num.1.8; 2.5). Nethanel presented the offering for the tribe of Issachar at the dedication of the tabernacle (Num.7.18,23). He also led the tribe of Issachar in the order of march through the wilderness (Num.10.15).

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Bible dictionary

Zuar Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(littleness), father of Nethaneel the chief of the tribe of Issachar at the time of the exodus. (Numbers 1:8; 2:5; 7:18,23; 10:15) (B.C. 2491.)

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Zuar Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

same as Zoar

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Zuar Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

ZUAR (smallness), father of Nethaneel. Num 1:8; Neh 2:5; Isa 7:18, Lev 7:23; Josh 10:15.

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Zuar Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

ZUAR (smallness), father of Nethaneel. Num 1:8; Neh 2:5; Isa 7:18, Lev 7:23; Josh 10:15.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Zuar appears

5 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H6686

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Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.