Lexicon / H6814
צֹ֫עַן
tso.an
  • Zoan
  • Tanis

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Glosses: Zoan

§ 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'

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Tanis

צֹ֫עַן n.pr.loc Tanis . in Egypt