H2190 H2190
personal name; a descendant of Seir the Horite
Zaavan appears in the genealogies of Genesis 36:27 and 1 Chronicles 1:42 as a descendant (or tribal branch) of Seir the Horite, the indigenous inhabitants of Edom before Esau's line displaced them. The name's etymology is uncertain; Samaritan and Septuagint variants suggest textual fluidity. The Horite clans are listed to establish the pre-Edomite population of the region, situating biblical history within a broader ethnic landscape of the southern Transjordan.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper name for a Horite clan or individual descended from Seir. The genealogies preserve this name as part of the indigenous population of Seir/Edom, a people eventually absorbed or displaced by Esau's descendants. The name itself remains obscure; manuscript variants indicate early uncertainty about its form. Chronicles' preservation of the list reflects the Chronicler's interest in comprehensive genealogical mapping, including non-Israelite peoples on the margins of covenant history. 2×
AR["وَ-زَعَوان", "وَ-زَعْوانُ"]·ben["এবং-সাবন", "ও-সাবন"]·DE["[וזעון]", "und-Saawan"]·EN["and-Za'avan", "and-Zaavan"]·FR["[וזעון]", "et-Zaavan"]·heb["ו-זעוון", "ו-זעון"]·HI["और-जावान"]·ID["dan-Zaawan"]·IT["[וזעון]", "e-Zaavan"]·jav["lan-Zaawan"]·KO["그-와-사완", "그리고-사아반과"]·PT["e-Za'avan"]·RU["и-Зааван"]·ES["y-Zaavan"]·SW["na-Zaavani", "na-Zaawani"]·TR["ve-Zaavan"]·urd["اور-زعوان", "و-زعوان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זַעֲוָן n.pr.m. a descendant (branch or tribe) of Seir (𝔊 Ζουκαμ, but Ζαυαν 𝔊L 1 Ch 1:42; Sam. זוען)—Gn 36:27 = 1 Ch 1:42.