Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Place or river in Mesopotamia
(2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chron. 5:26).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Region in Mesopotamia, to which some of the Israelites were carried captive. The “river Gozan” may signify the river at Gozan, and this is identified by most with the river Habor, now Khabour. A district about 37° N, 41° E. (2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11; 2 Kings 19:12; 1 Chron. 5:26; Isa. 37:12).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
probably from 1468; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones); Gozan, a province of Assyria
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
their passing away
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Great by cutting; quarry:―a province of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:6. {Magnus secando}