Tsôʻan — H6814

Definition

locative proper noun

Tsoan, a place in Egypt

1. Zoan = "place of departure"
2. an ancient city of lower Egypt called Tanis by the Greeks; located on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile; the capital of the Shepherd dynasty, built 7 years after Hebron and existing before Abraham and the dwelling place of the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus
1. modern 'San'

Usually translated as

Zoan

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Occurrences

Tsôʻan occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Psalms (2), Isaiah (3), Ezekiel (1)

• Numbers 13:22 — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan (צֹ֥עַן) in Egypt.)
• Psalms 78:12 — Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan (צֹֽעַן).
• Psalms 78:43 — How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan (צֹֽעַן):
• Isaiah 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan (צֹ֔עַן) are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
• Isaiah 19:13 — The princes of Zoan (צֹ֔עַן) are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
• Isaiah 30:4 — For his princes were at Zoan (בְצֹ֖עַן), and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
• Ezekiel 30:14 — And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan (בְּצֹ֑עַן), and will execute judgments in No.