The meaning of “גּוֹזָן”
Understanding Gôwzân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably from גּוּז; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones) Gozan. - § Gozan = "a cutting off" - Gozan, a province of A...
גּוֹזָן
probably from גּוּז; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones) Gozan. - § Gozan = "a cutting off" - Gozan, a province of Assyria 1) the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Kings 17:6 | “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.” Word: גּוֹזָן (Gôwzân) | |
| 2 Kings 18:11 | “And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:” Word: גּוֹזָן (Gôwzân) | |
| 2 Kings 19:12 | “Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?” Word: גּוֹזָן (Gôwzân) | |
| 1 Chronicles 5:26 | “And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. ” Word: גּוֹזָן (Gôwzân) | |
| Isaiah 37:12 | “Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?” Word: גּוֹזָן (Gôwzân) |