Bible Person
Male · 2 cross references
Zavan is an Edomite or Horite clan figure preserved in the lists associated with Seir. He belongs to the neighboring family structures that Scripture maps alongside Israel's later history. First appears in Gen 36:27.1
AI summary: Zavan matters because his cross references place him within the descendants and chiefs associated with Seir and Edom, contributing to the genealogical order of neighboring peoples. Even without a narrative episode, the entry helps preserve the broader human geography of the region. Taken together, the material presents Zavan as part of the Edomite-Horite framework surrounding Israel's world.1
Central Figure
Zavan
Terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Gen.
Terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Gen. 36:27); called also Zavan (1 Chr. 1:42). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.