Strong's Lexicon Elon: Elon Original Word: אֵילוֹן 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 Originfrom 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·wnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman'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 Genesis 46:14 Numbers 26:26 Joshua 19:43 Judges 12:11 6 Occurrences |