Gôwzân — H1470

Definition

locative proper noun

Gozan, a province of Assyria

1. Gozan = "a cutting off"
2. the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled

Usually translated as

Gozan

Origin

probably from H1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones)

• Gûwz (H1468)

Occurrences

Gôwzân occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1)

• 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 (גּוֹזָ֖ן), and in the cities of the Medes.
• 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 (גּוֹזָ֖ן), and in the cities of the Medes:
• 2 Kings 19:12 — Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan (גּוֹזָ֖ן), and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
• 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 (גּוֹזָ֔ן), unto this day.
• Isaiah 37:12 — Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan (גּוֹזָ֖ן), and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?