Golan
גּוֹלָןStrong’s H1474golan (go-lan)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Golan is the Hebrew word usually translated “golan”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.”
Meaning
- § Golan = "their captivity: their rejoicing"
How it's translated
- golan 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 20:8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 21:27And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
Hebrew dictionary
גּוֹלָן golan · Golan
§ Golan = "their captivity: their rejoicing" a town of Manasseh in the heights of Bashan east of the Jordan; a city of refuge
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.