Bible Names

Hauran: meaning of the name

Hauran means “a hole; liberty; whiteness.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hauran in Hebrew and Greek

חַוְרָן H2362

Chavrân (khav-rawn') — Chavran, a region East of the Jordan

apparently from H2357 (חָוַר) (in the sense of H2352 (חוּר)); cavernous;

Places named Hauran

Hauran in Scripture

“Hauran” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Ezekiel 47:16

    Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

  • Ezekiel 47:18

    And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.