Sychar

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Sychar
     liar or drunkard (see Isa. 28:1, 7), has been from the time of
     the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem (John
     4:5). It has now, however, as the result of recent explorations,
     been identified with 'Askar, a small Samaritan town on the
     southern base of Ebal, about a mile to the north of Jacob's


     well.
     

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

  Sychar, end