According to the Hebrew Bible, Zoan ( á¹¢à Âÿan) was a city of Egypt in the eastern Nile Delta. Book of Numbers 13:22 says that it was built seven years after Hebron was built. Psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of Zoan" as the location where Moses performed miracles before a biblical Pharaoh to persuade him to release the Israelites from his service. The city is also mentioned in Book of Isaiah 19:11, , and Book of Ezekiel 30:14.
The Greek Septuagint in all of these verses uses the Greek name Tánis (). Both Tanis and Tso'an are ultimately derived from the Ancient Egyptian name for Tanis, á¸ÂêÂÂ¥n.t (Bohairic Coptic ëâ²Ââ²Ââ²Â; Sahidic Coptic ëâ²Ââ²Ââ²Ââ²Â; Modern Arabic õçàṢan).