Tsoan צֹ֫עַן
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| צֹ֫עַן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsoan |
| Strong's number | H6814 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Zoan |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Tsoan (Hebrew צֹ֫עַן, Strong's H6814) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Zoan”. It occurs 7 times.
Definition
§ Zoan = "place of departure"
an ancient city of lower Egypt called Tanis by the Greeks; located on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile; the capital of the Shepherd dynasty, built 7 years after Hebron and existing before Abraham and the dwelling place of the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus
modern 'San'
an ancient city of lower Egypt called Tanis by the Greeks; located on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile; the capital of the Shepherd dynasty, built 7 years after Hebron and existing before Abraham and the dwelling place of the Pharaoh at the time of the exodus
modern 'San'
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | zoan (7) |
|---|---|
| BSB | zoan (7) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsoan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 13:22And 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.)They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
Psalms
- Psalm 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Psalm 78:43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:11Surely 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?The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 19:13The 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.The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Isaiah 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).