Zaavan — the meaning of the Hebrew name זַעֲוָן

זַעֲוָן

Zaʻăvân · pronounced zah-av-awn' · Strong's H2190 · a man

Zaavan means disquiet.

Built from

זוּעַ zûwaʻ (from, H2111) — properly, to shake off, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear) open in the lexicon ›

from H2111; disquiet; Zaavan, an Idumaean.

Gen 36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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