Gozan

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Gozan
     a region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried
     away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chr. 5:26; 2 Kings 19:12; Isa.
     37:12). It was situated in Mesopotamia, on the river Habor (2
     Kings 17:6; 18:11), the Khabur, a tributary of the Euphrates.
     The "river of Gozan" (1 Chr. 5:26) is probably the upper part of


     the river flowing through the province of Gozan, now
     Kizzel-Ozan.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Gozan, fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body