Hauran

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hauran
     cave-land, mentioned only in Ezek. 47:16, 18. It was one of the
     ancient divisions of Bashan (q.v.), and lay on the south-east of
     Gaulanitis or the Jaulan, and on the south of Lejah, extending
     from the Arnon to the Hieromax. It was the most fertile region
     in Syria, and to this day abounds in the ruins of towns, many of


     which have stone doors and massive walls. It retains its ancient
     name. It was known by the Greeks and Romans as "Auranitis."
     

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

  Hauran, a hole; liberty; whiteness