Lexicon :: Strong's H2362 - ḥavrān

חַוְרָן
Transliteration
ḥavrān
Pronunciation
khav-rawn'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from חָוַר (H2357) (in the sense of חוּר (H2352))
Strong’s Definitions

חַוְרָן Chavrân, khav-rawn'; apparently from H2357 (in the sense of H2352); cavernous; Chavran, a region East of the Jordan:—Hauran.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H2362 in the following manner: Hauran (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H2362 in the following manner: Hauran (2x).

  1. Hauran = "caverns"

    1. a province of Palestine east of the Sea of Galilee; exact region uncertain but probably on the borders of the desert in the tetrarchy of Philip

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַוְרָן Chavrân, khav-rawn'; apparently from H2357 (in the sense of H2352); cavernous; Chavran, a region East of the Jordan:—Hauran.
STRONGS H2362: Abbreviations
† חַוְרָן proper name, of a territory (meaning unknown; conjectures are: — black-land (as basaltic region); supported by black, dialect of Yemen, MaltzanZMG 1874, 230, and tokens of immigration from Yemen into Ḥaurân, Wetzst in DeJob 2, 598; ZKW 1884, 120; land of caves, Thes Hi-Sm, PorterDict. Bib., and hollow, GASmGeogr. 552, who compare Hebrew הור hole; but this probably from III. חרר, and Arabic , hollow, different from ) — district southeast from Mt. Hermon, extending between Jaulan and Lejah, toward Syrian desert; only גְּבוּל חַוְרָ֑ן Ezekiel 47:16 compare מִבֵּין חַוְשָרן וּמִבֵּין דַּמֶּשֶׂק Ezekiel 47:18; Ezekiel 47:18; = Assyrian Ḫaurani DlPa 294; Αυρανιτις, and so JosAnt. xiv. 10, 1 etc., Arabic . On this district see WetzstHauran, (1860) and in DeJob 2. 597 ff. BdPal 195 ff. SchumacherAcross the Jordan, 1889; ZPV xii. 1889, 225 ff. (with map) GASmGeogr. 552 f. 609 ff.
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Job

2; 2

Ezekiel

47:16; 47:18; 47:18