Strong's Hebrew · H356

H356 ʼÊylôwn

אֵילוֹן

ay-lone'

Elon

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ʼÊylôwn appears 7 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Numbers, Joshua and Judges. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

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

In the King James Version

Elon.

Derivation

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

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Numbers 26:26

“These were the descendants of Zebulun by their clans: The Seredite clan from Sered, the Elonite clan from Elon, and the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.”

Judges 12:11

“After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.”

Judges 12:12

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

Genesis 36:2

“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 26:34

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

Joshua 19:43

“Elon, Timnah, Ekron,”

Genesis 46:14

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

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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