גּוֹלָן
go.lan
Golan
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "גּוֹלָן" (Golan) is a personal proper name, as indicated by its association with the semantic domain of "Proper Name: Person". This means that the word refers to a specific individual. The name appears four times in the Bible, suggesting a relatively minor but still notable figure within its narrative. Without further contextual information, the significance of Golan can only be understood in relation to the specific passages in which it appears. The frequency of its use, however, implies some level of interest or importance in the context of the surrounding text.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Joshua 20:8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:27They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
1 Chronicles 6:71To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;