Strong H6814צֹ֫עַן

Zoan

Transliteration
tsô‛an
Pronunciation
tso'-an
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Of Egyptian derivation;
{Tsoan} a place in Egypt: - Zoan.

Meaning of the name

Zoan = "place of departure"

Detailed definition

Zoan was an ancient Egyptian city where God performed miracles through Moses; it is probably to be identified with Tanis (Num.13:22; Ps.78:12,43).

In the biblical story

Zoan

An ancient Egyptian city, probably Tanis

Zoan was an ancient Egyptian city where God performed miracles through Moses; it is probably to be identified with Tanis (Num.13:22; Ps.78:12,43).

In the Bible

Strong H6814 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • zoan7

First verses

  1. Numbers 13:22
    And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
  2. Psalms 78:12
    Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
  3. Psalms 78:43
    How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
  4. Isaiah 19:11
    Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
  5. Isaiah 19:13
    The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
  6. Isaiah 30:4
    For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
  7. Ezekiel 30:14
    And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
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