King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1474
Transliteration: Golan
Phonetic Spelling: (go-lawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh
Meaning: Golan -- a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh
Word Summary
Golan: a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh
Original Word: גּוֹלָןTransliteration: Golan
Phonetic Spelling: (go-lawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh
Meaning: Golan -- a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh
Strong's Concordance
Golan From gowlah; captive; Golan, a place east of the Jordan -- Golan.
see HEBREW gowlah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1474. Golan
גּוֺלָן proper name, of a location (? connected with √ גול Arabic go about, around; circuit; compare Phoenician גול proper name insul.; also גְּלִילָה גָּלִיל,) city of Manasseh in Bashan, named as a city of refuge Deuteronomy 4:43 compare Joshua 20:9; 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).