ZIOR zī’ ôr (צִיעֹ֑ר) a town in the land given to Judah (Josh 15:54), meaning smallness. The site generally identified as Zior is the modern Si’ir (also Si’air; Sa’ir), located about five m. NE of Hebron. The name is related to the Heb. צָעַר, H7592, which means “to become insignificant.” Zior is located in the hill country and is a sizeable village sustained by a spring and encompassed by farm land. There is reputable opinion to the effect that Zior and Zair (2 Kings 8:21) are the same towns (G. Buhl, Geographie des Alten Palastina). The reading of certain MSS of the LXX supports this. The antiquity of the site is established by the presence of tombs carved from rock.