Original Word: חַוְרָן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Chavran
Phonetic Spelling: (khav-rawn')
Short Definition: Hauran חַוְרָן proper name, of a territory (meaning unknown; conjectures are: — black-land (as basaltic region); supported by black, dialect of Yemen, Maltzan^{ZMG 1874, 230, and tokens of immigration} from Yemen into Haurân, Wetzst in De^{Job 2:598; ZKW 1884, 120}; land of caves, Thes Hi-Sm, Porter^{Dict. Bib., and} hollow, GASm^{Geogr. 552}, who compare Hebrew הור hole; but this probably from III. חרר, and Arabic , hollow, different from ) — district southeast from Mt. Hermon, extending between Jaulan and Lejah, toward Syrian desert; only גְּבוּל חַוְרָ֑ן Ezekiel 47:16 compare מִבֵּין חַוְשָרן וּמִבֵּין דַּמֶּשֶׂק Ezekiel 47:18; Ezekiel 47:18; = Assyrian –aurani Dl^{Pa 294}; ᵐ5 Αυρανιτις, and so Jos^{Ant. xiv. 10}, 1 etc., Arabic . On this district see Wetzst^{Hauran, (1860) and in} De^{Job 2. 597ff.} Bd^{Pal 195 ff.} Schumacher^{Across the Jordan, 1889; ZPV xii. 1889, 225 ff. (with map)} GASm^{Geogr. 552 f. 609 ff}.

Hauran

Apparently from chavar (in the sense of chuwr); cavernous; Chavran, a region East of the Jordan -- Hauran.

see HEBREW chavar

see HEBREW chuwr

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