Zaavan
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ZAAVAN (PERSON) [Heb za˓ăwān (זַעֲוָן)]. A clan name in the genealogy of Seir the Horite in Gen 36:27. Zaavan also appears in the parallel genealogical clan list in 1 Chr 1:42 (KJV reads Zavan). In both lists he is described as second of three sons of the clan chief Ezer, and is thus a grandson of Seir. These clans, not to be confused with the Hurrians, inhabited the area of Edom prior to the coming of the Esau clans and are said to have been subsequently dispossessed by these more aggressive peoples (Deut 2:12–22). Their designation as “cave dwellers” may be a reflection of their use of these natural shelters for themselves and their flocks or it may be a disparaging remark by their conquerors to demonstrate how “uncivilized” they were. The conquest of the Horite tribal territories in Edom is paired in the text with the conquest of Canaan by the tribes of Israel.
Victor H. Matthews
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (6:1030). New York: Doubleday.
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Zaavan — terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Gen. 36:27); called also Zavan (1 Chr. 1:42).
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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ZAAVAN Second son of Ezer, a Horite clan chief (Gn 36:27; 1 Chr 1:42).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (1318). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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ZA´AVAN (zāʹa-van). The second son of Ezer, son of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:27; 1 Chron. 1:42). See Horite.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Zaavan (Heb. za˓ăwān)
The second son of Ezer the Horite, ancestor of an Edomite clan (Gen. 36:27; 1 Chr. 1:42).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (1405). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
