Bozrah

3 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bozrah
     enclosure; fortress. (1.) The city of Jobab, one of the early
     Edomite kings (Gen. 36:33). This place is mentioned by the
     prophets in later times (Isa. 34:6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12; Micah
     2:12). Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the
     mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the


     Dead Sea.
     
       (2.) A Moabite city in the "plain country" (Jer. 48:24), i.e.,
     on the high level down on the east of the Dead Sea. It is
     probably the modern Buzrah.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Bozrah, in tribulation or distress
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bozrah, CT
    Zip code(s): 06334