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Zaavan meaning

Zaavan in Biblical Hebrew
זעון
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🔼The name Zaavan: Summary

Meaning
Great Agitation
Etymology
From the verb זוע (zua'), to tremble or quake.
Related names
• Via זוע (zua'): Zia

🔼The name Zaavan in the Bible

There's only once man named Zaavan in the Bible, and that's one of three sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite (Genesis 36:27 = 1 Chronicles 1:42). Whatever happened to this man is unknown as he isn't mentioned any further.

🔼Etymology of the name Zaavan

The name Zaavan probably comes from the verb זוע (zua'), meaning to tremble or quake:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
זוע

The verb זוע (zua') means to tremble or quake (of a person out of intense feelings). Noun זועה (zewa'a) or זעוה (za'awa) means a trembling.

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The letter ן (nun) upon which our name ends may be due to an intensified form.

🔼Zaavan meaning

For a meaning of the name Zaavan, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Great Agitation, and NOBSE Study Bible Name List has the rather lame Unquiet. BDB Theological Dictionary does not translate our name but does list it under the root זוע (zua').