Strong's Hebrew #1474 - גּוֹלָן Golan (a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh)
Strong's Exhaustive ConcordanceEnglishman's Concordance Golan = “their captivity: their rejoicing” 1) a town of Manasseh in the heights of Bashan east of the Jordan; a city of refuge Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1473 Brown-Driver-Briggs גּוֺלָן proper name, of a location (? connected with √ גול Arabic go about, around; circuit; compare Phoenician גול proper name insul.; also גָּלִיל, גְּלִילָה) city of Manasseh in Bashan, named as a city of refuge Deuteronomy 4:43 compare Joshua 20:9; Joshua 21:27 both Qr (Kt גלון); given to sons of Gershom son of Levi according to 1 Chronicles 6:56; Euseb. knew it as a very large village Γαυλὼν ἢ Γωλάν LagOnom. 242, 2nd ed. 253; district of same name ib., JosephusAnt. viii. 2, 3 etc Gaulanitis, modern Jaulân RobBR ii, 432 BdPal 270 SchumacherZPV 1886 = Jaulân 1888, according to most, name applied first to city, thence to district, but perhaps otherwise if above derivatives be correct. גּון (meaning dubious, compare perhaps Aramaic גַּוֵּן tinge, , ; Arabic reddish black, compare HomSäugethiere 64). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 1474. גּוֹלָן (Golan) — 4 OccurrencesDeuteronomy 4:43 Joshua 20:8 Joshua 21:27 1 Chronicles 6:71 |