גּוֹזָן
Gôwzân · go-zawn'
Gozan, a province of Assyria
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H1468 (גּוּז); a quarry (as a place of cutting stones);
Gozan, a province of Assyria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gozan.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גּוֹזָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gozan2 · 40%
- as gozan2 · 40%
- gozan1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.