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HebrewH0356Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֵלוֹן

e.lon

7Occurrences
H0356Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites

or (shortened) אֵלוֹן ; or אֵילֹן ; from H352 (אַיִל); oak-grove;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; father of: Adah (H5711H) § Elon = "terebinth, mighty" 1) Hittite, father-in-law of ) second son of Zebulun 3) Zebulonite judge of Israel 4) town in Dan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֵלוֹן appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
3
Judges
2
Joshua
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

Genesis 26:34BSB

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 36:2BSB

Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Genesis 46:14BSB

The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

Judges 12:11BSB

After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.

Judges 12:12BSB

Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.