Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #356 - אֵילוֹן Elon ("terebinth")

Original Word:	אֵילוֹן
Transliteration:	Elon
Definition:	"terebinth", an Israelite name, also a Hittite, also a city in Dan
Part of Speech:	Proper Name
Phonetic Spelling:	(ay-lone')
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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

Englishman's Concordance

Elon=“terebinth, mighty”
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine, locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H352

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. אֵלוֺןproper name, masculine (=id. compare אֵלָהproper name)

1a son of ZebulunGenesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26.

2אֵילֹןGenesis 26:34; אֵיִלוֺןGenesis 36:2 a Hittite, father-in-law of Esau.

3אֵילוֺןJudges 12:11,12 a judge of Israel, of tribe of Zebulun

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

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 356. אֵילוֹן (Elon) — 6 Occurrences

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

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