356. Elon
Strong's Lexicon
Elon: Elon

Original Word: אֵילוֹן
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Transliteration: Elon
Pronunciation: ay-LONE
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-lone')
Definition: Elon
Meaning: Elon

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root אֵל (el), meaning "oak" or "terebinth."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: Elon

Usage: The name "Elon" is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a person and a place. It is associated with strength and endurance, much like the oak tree from which the name is derived. In the biblical context, Elon is a name that signifies stability and might.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, names often carried significant meanings and were sometimes indicative of the character or destiny of the person.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ayil
Definition
"terebinth," an Isr. name, also a Hittite, also a city in Dan
NASB Translation
Elon (7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. אֵלוֺן proper name, masculine (= id. compare אֵלָה proper name)

1 a son of Zebulun Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26.

2 אֵילֹן Genesis 26:34; אֵיִלוֺן Genesis 36:2 a Hittite, father-in-law of Esau.

3 אֵילוֺן Judges 12:11,12 a judge of Israel, of tribe of Zebulun

4. proper name, of a location אֵילוֺן Joshua 19:43 a town of Dan; so 1 Kings 4:9 (where read ׳וּבֵית ח ׳א Th Klo).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Elon

Or (shortened);Elown {ay-lone'}; or Eylon {ay- lone'}; from 'ayil; oak-grove; Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites -- Elon.

see HEBREW 'ayil

Forms and Transliterations
אֵיל֖וֹן אֵילֹ֖ן אֵילוֹן֙ אילון אילן וְאֵיל֥וֹן וְאֵל֖וֹן ואילון ואלון לְאֵל֕וֹן לאלון ’ê·lō·wn ’ê·lōn ’êlōn ’êlōwn eiLon lə’êlōwn lə·’ê·lō·wn leeLon veeiLon veeLon wə’êlōwn wə·’ê·lō·wn
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 26:34
HEB: בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔ת בַּת־ אֵילֹ֖ן הַֽחִתִּֽי׃
NAS: the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
KJV: the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
INT: and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite

Genesis 36:2
HEB: עָדָ֗ה בַּת־ אֵילוֹן֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י וְאֶת־
NAS: the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
KJV: the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
INT: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite and Oholibamah

Genesis 46:14
HEB: זְבוּלֻ֑ן סֶ֥רֶד וְאֵל֖וֹן וְיַחְלְאֵֽל׃
NAS: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
KJV: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
INT: of Zebulun Sered and Elon and Jahleel

Numbers 26:26
HEB: מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַסַּרְדִּ֔י לְאֵל֕וֹן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הָאֵלֹנִ֑י
NAS: of the Seredites; of Elon, the family
KJV: of the Sardites: of Elon, the family
INT: the family of the Seredites of Elon the family of the Elonites

Joshua 19:43
HEB: וְאֵיל֥וֹן וְתִמְנָ֖תָה וְעֶקְרֽוֹן׃
NAS: and Elon and Timnah and Ekron,
KJV: And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
INT: and Elon and Timnah and Ekron

Judges 12:11
HEB: אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵיל֖וֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט
NAS: Now Elon the Zebulunite judged
KJV: And after him Elon, a Zebulonite,
INT: after Israel now Elon the Zebulunite judged

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 356
6 Occurrences


’ê·lōn — 3 Occ.
lə·’ê·lō·wn — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·lō·wn — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·lō·wn — 1 Occ.
















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