Gozan — the meaning of the Hebrew name גּוֹזָן

גּוֹזָן

Gôwzân · pronounced go-zawn' · Strong's H1470 · a place

Gozan means a quarry (as a place of cutting stones).

Built from

Strong's definition

probably from H1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria.

First appearance

2Kgs 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Gozan

5 occurrences in 5 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Isaiah

2Kgs 17:62Kgs 18:112Kgs 19:121Chr 5:26Isa 37:12

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