Original Word: גּוֹלָן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Golan
Phonetic Spelling: (go-lawn')
Definition: a city and a region East of the Jordan in ManassehWord Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a city and a region E. of the Jordan in Manasseh
NASB Translation
Golan (4).

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 Lag^{Onom. 242, 2nd ed. 253}; district of same name ib., Josephus^{Ant. viii. 2}, 3 etc Gaulanitis, modern Jaulân Rob^{BR ii, 432} Bd^{Pal 270} Schumacher^{ZPV 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 Hom^{Säugethiere 64}).

Golan

From gowlah; captive; Golan, a place east of the Jordan -- Golan.

see HEBREW gowlah

גֹּולָ֤ן גֹּולָ֥ן גּוֹלָ֥ן גולן gō·w·lān goLan gōwlānInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts