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Zavan

Also called Zaavan

Mentioned 1852–1755 BC traditional (Jones)

Terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Gen. 36:27); called also Zavan (1 Chr. 1:42).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Ezer
Siblings
Akan, Bilhan
Tagged in
2 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of Zavan: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1877–1730 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Zavan’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Zavan in 2 tagged verses across 2 books.

Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis1
  2. 1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBZavan 0Zaavan 2
KJVZavan 1Zaavan 1
ASVZavan 0Zaavan 2

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse
  1. 36:27

    These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 1:42

    The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Gen. 36:27); called also Zavan (1 Chr. 1:42).