BDB1555

גּוֺלָן proper name [of a location] (? connected with √ גול Arabic [untranscribed source text 837] go about, around; [untranscribed source text 838] circuit; compare Phoenician גול proper name insul.; also גָּלִיל , גְּלִילָה) city of Manasseh in Bashan, named as a city of refuge Deut 4:43 compare Josh 20:9; Josh 21:27 both Qr ( Kt גלון); given to sons of Gershom son of Levi according to 1Chr 6:56 Euseb. knew it as a very large village Γαυλὼν ἢ Γωλάν Lag^{Onom. 242, 2nd ed. 253}; district of same name ib. , Josephus^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2}, 3 etc Gaulanitis, modern Jaulân Rob^{BR ii, 432} Bd^{Pal 270} Schumacher^{ZPV 1886 = Jaulân 1888}, according to most, name applied first to city, thence to district, but perhaps otherwise if above derivatives be correct.