1470. Gozan

Lexicon

Gozan: Gozan

Original Word: גּוֹזָן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Gowzan
Pronunciation: go-zawn'
Phonetic Spelling: (go-zawn')
Definition: Gozan
Meaning: Gozan

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Gozan

Probably from guwz; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria -- Gozan.

see HEBREW guwz

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a city and area in Mesopotamia
NASB Translation
Gozan (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גּוֺזָן proper name, of a location (Assyrian Guzana COT 2 Kings 17:6 Dl^{Pa 184}) city and district of Mesopotamia, on or near the middle course of the Euphrates, through which the river Chabur (חָבוֺר) flowed; thither some of the exiled Israelites were brought [by Sargon B.C. 722-21]: גּוֺזָן 2 Kings 19:12 = Isaiah 37:12; חָבוֺר נְהַר גּוֺזָן 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11; וְחָבוֺר וְהָרָא וּנְ הַר גּוֺזָן 1 Chronicles 5:26 where Chabur is separated entirely from the river of Gozan (see חבור).

גוח see גיח.

גּוֺי see below גוה.

גְּוִיָּה see below גוה.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to quarry.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Gozan, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew Bible and does not have a direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint or New Testament texts.

Usage: Gozan is mentioned in the context of the Assyrian exile, where it is identified as a place to which the Israelites were deported. It appears in the historical narratives of the Old Testament.

Context: Gozan is referenced in the Hebrew Bible as a location associated with the Assyrian captivity of the Israelites. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:11, and 1 Chronicles 5:26, where it is described as one of the places to which the king of Assyria exiled the Israelites. The region of Gozan is believed to be situated in Mesopotamia, near the Habor River, which is a tributary of the Euphrates. The historical context suggests that Gozan was a significant area during the Assyrian Empire, serving as a place of resettlement for conquered peoples. The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) translates these passages as follows:

• 2 Kings 17:6: "In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes."
• 2 Kings 18:11: "The king of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes."
• 1 Chronicles 5:26: "So the God of Israel stirred the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria), and he took the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day."

Gozan's historical and geographical significance is underscored by its repeated mention in the context of the Assyrian deportations, highlighting its role as a destination for exiled Israelites.

Forms and Transliterations

גּוֹזָ֔ן גּוֹזָ֖ן גוזן gō·w·zān gōwzān goZan

Englishman's Concordance

2 Kings 17:6
HEB: וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃
NAS: [on] the river of Gozan, and in the cities
KJV: [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities
INT: and Habor the river of Gozan the cities of the Medes

2 Kings 18:11
HEB: וּבְחָב֛וֹר נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי׃
NAS: the river of Gozan, and in the cities
KJV: [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities
INT: the Habor the river of Gozan the cities of the Medes

2 Kings 19:12
HEB: אֲבוֹתַ֔י אֶת־ גּוֹזָ֖ן וְאֶת־ חָרָ֑ן
NAS: deliver them, [even] Gozan and Haran
KJV: have destroyed; [as] Gozan, and Haran,
INT: destroyed my fathers them Gozan and Haran and Rezeph

1 Chronicles 5:26
HEB: וְהָרָא֙ וּנְהַ֣ר גּוֹזָ֔ן עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם
NAS: and to the river of Gozan, to this
KJV: and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
INT: Hara the river of Gozan against day

Isaiah 37:12
HEB: אֲבוֹתַ֔י אֶת־ גּוֹזָ֖ן וְאֶת־ חָרָ֑ן
NAS: deliver them, [even] Gozan and Haran
KJV: have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran,
INT: have destroyed my fathers them Gozan and Haran and Rezeph

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1470
5 Occurrences

gō·w·zān — 5 Occ.