Zoan (Easton)

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(Old Egypt. Sant= 'stronghold,' the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Palestine (Numbers 13:22 ). This great and important city was the capital of the Hyksos, or Shepherd kings, who ruled Egypt for more than"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda. Click here to learn more! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter Z Bible Dictionaries Zoan Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Zizah Next Entry Zoar Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Zoan Thompson Chain Reference Zoan Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Zin & Zoan Dictionaries American Tract Society Zoan Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Zoan Easton's Bible Dictionary Zoan Fausset Bible Dictionary Zoan Holman Bible Dictionary Zoan Hitchcock Bible Names Zoan Hastings' BibleDictionary Zoan Morrish Bible Dictionary Zoan People's Bible Dictionary Zoan Smith Bible Dictionary Zoan Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Zoan Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Zoan McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Zoan The Jewish Encyclopedia Zoan Lexicons צֹעַן (Old Egypt. Sant= "stronghold," the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Palestine ( Numbers 13:22 ). This great and important city was the capital of the Hyksos, or Shepherd kings, who ruled Egypt for more than 500 years. It was the frontier town of Goshen. Here Pharaoh was holding his court at the time of his various interviews with Moses and Aaron. "No trace of Zoan exists; Tanis was built over it, and city after city has been built over the ruins of that" (Harper, Bible and Modern Discovery). Extensive mounds of ruins, the wreck of the ancient city, now mark its site ( Isaiah 19:11,13 ; 30:4 ; Ezekiel 30:14 ). "The whole constitutes one of the grandest and oldest ruins in the world." This city was also called "the Field of Zoan" ( Psalm 78:12,43 ) and "the Town of Rameses" (q.v.), because the oppressor rebuilt and embellished it, probably by the forced labour of the Hebrews, and made it his northern capital.

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