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Hauran — the meaning of the Hebrew name חַוְרָן

חַוְרָן

Chavrân · pronounced khav-rawn' · Strong's H2362 · a place

Hauran means cavernous.

Built from

חָוַר châvar (apparently from, H2357) — to blanch (as with shame) open in the lexicon ›

חוּר chûwr (the sense of, H2352) — the crevice of a serpent open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

apparently from H2357 (in the sense of H2352); cavernous; Chavran, a region East of the Jordan.

First appearance

Ezek 47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. (KJV)

Every verse that names Hauran

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Ezekiel

Ezek 47:16Ezek 47:18

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