5 entries 5 sources
Golan
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Exile, a city of Bashan (Deut. 4:43), one of the three cities of refuge east of Jordan, about 12 miles north-east of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 20:8). There are no further notices of it in Scripture. It became the head of the province of Gaulanitis, one of the four provinces into which Bashan was divided after the Babylonish captivity, and almost identical with the modern Jaulan, in Western Hauran, about 39 miles in length and 18 in breath.
Scripture references
Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(circle), a city of Bashan, (4:43) allotted out of the half tribe of Manasseh to the Levites, (Joshua 21:27) and one of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan. ch (Joshua 20:8) Its very site is now unknown. It gave its name to the province of Gaulanitis. It lay east of Galilee and north of Gadaritis [Gadara], and corresponds to the modern province of Jaulan .
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
GO'LAN (circle), one of the six cities of refuge in Manasseh given to the Levites. It was in Bashan, and the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan. Deut 4:43; Josh 20:8; Josh 21:27; 1 Chr 6:71. It was possibly 10 or 12 miles north-east of the Sea of Galilee, in the centre of Gaulanitis; some suggest Nawa as the site of Golan.
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
passage; revolution
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
GO'LAN (circle), one of the six cities of refuge in Manasseh given to the Levites. It was in Bashan, and the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan. Deut 4:43; Josh 20:8; Josh 21:27; 1 Chr 6:71. It was possibly 10 or 12 miles north-east of the Sea of Galilee, in the centre of Gaulanitis; some suggest Nawa as the site of Golan.