HebrewH0357Noun

אַיָּלוֹן

ay.ya.lon

9Occurrences
H0357Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine

from H354 (אַיָּל); deer-field;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer" Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

אַיָּלוֹן appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
2 Chronicles
2
Judges
2
1 Chronicles
1
1 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:13BSB

and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

1 Samuel 14:31BSB

That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

2 Chronicles 11:10BSB

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

2 Chronicles 28:18BSB

The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

Judges 1:35BSB

And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

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