This is the name of the place Gozan: A region in Mesopotamia where Israelite captives were deported.
Definition
probably from H1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria
Traditional renderings: Gozan.
Traditional renderings: Gozan.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- 2 Kings 17:6גּוֹזָ֖ן · in GozanIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:11גּוֹזָ֖ן · in GozanThe king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 19:12גּוֹזָ֖ן · GozanDid the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- 1 Chronicles 5:26גּוֹזָ֔ן · of GozanSo the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
- Isaiah 37:12גּוֹזָ֖ן · GozanDid the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?