Hauran – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Hauran
Auranitis (Hauran) ( /
ALA-LC:
Ḥawrān), also spelled
Hawran,
Houran and
Horan, is a
volcanic plateau, a geographic area and a people located in southwestern
Syria and extending into the northwestern corner of
Jordan.
Hauran
a hole; liberty; whiteness
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Hauran
(caverns), a province of Palestine twice mentioned by Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 47:16,17) There can be little doubt that it is identical with the well-known Greek province of Auranitis and the modern Hauran east of the Sea of Galilee, on the borders of the desert, in the tetrarchy of Philip.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Hauran
cave-land, mentioned only in Ezek. 47:16, 18. It was one of the ancient divisions of Bashan (q.v.), and lay on the south-east of Gaulanitis or the Jaulan, and on the south of Lejah, extending from the Arnon to the Hieromax. It was the most fertile region in Syria, and to this day abounds in the ruins of towns, many of which have stone doors and massive walls. It retains its ancient name. It was known by the Greeks and Romans as "Auranitis."
