Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #436 - אֵלוֹן elon (a terebinth)

Original Word:	אֵלוֹן
Transliteration:	elon
Definition:	a terebinth
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ay-lone')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

plain

Prolonged from 'ayil; an oak or other strong tree -- plain. See also 'Eylown.

see HEBREW 'ayil

see HEBREW 'Eylown

Englishman's Concordance

1) tree, great tree, terebinth
2) plain
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: prolonged from H352
Same Word by TWOT Number: 45i

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. אֵלוֺןnoun [feminine]terebinth (=אֵלָה) — ׳א construct Genesis 12:6 4t.; plural construct אֵלוֺנֵיGenesis 13:18 3t. — terebinth (or other tall tree, compare below on 1 Samuel 10:3; Judges 4:5), marking shrine, & hence used in topographic designations; מוֺרֶה׳א (teacher's terebinth) Genesis 12:6 (see Di) so Deuteronomy 11:30; מְעוֺנְנִים׳א (eonjurors' tereb.) Judges 9:37; distinguished by owner or ruler מַמְרֵא׳אGenesis 13:18; Genesis 14:13; Genesis 18:1; by neighbouring town (ב)צעניםJudges 4:11; compare בְּצַעֲנַנִּים׳אJoshua 19:33 (editions אַלּוֺן, but see Norzi Baer Di.); מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם׳אֵJudges 9:6 (compare אֵלָהGenesis 35:4); תָּבוֺר׳א1 Samuel 10:3 read דְּבוֺרָה׳א (& compare אַלּוֺן בָּכוּתGenesis 35:8, & תֹּמֶר דְּבוֺרָהJudges 4:5) compare Ew^{Geschichte iii. 31} Th Di Genesis 35:8 (see also below אַלּוֺן).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 436. אֵלוֹן (elon) — 10 Occurrences

Genesis 12:6
HEB:שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן מוֹרֶ֑ה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י
NAS: of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh.
KJV: of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh.
INT: of Shechem far to the oak of Moreh now the Canaanite

Genesis 13:18
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre,
KJV: and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,
INT: and came and dwelt the oaks of Mamre which

Genesis 14:13
HEB:וְהוּא֩ שֹׁכֵ֨ן בְּאֵֽלֹנֵ֜י מַמְרֵ֣א הָאֱמֹרִ֗י
NAS: Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre
KJV: for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre
INT: now he was living the oaks of Mamre the Amorite

Genesis 18:1
HEB:אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא
NAS: appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre,
KJV: appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
INT: about now the LORD the oaks of Mamre he

Deuteronomy 11:30
HEB:הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל אֵ֖צֶל אֵלוֹנֵ֥י מֹרֶֽה׃
NAS: Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
KJV: Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
INT: Gilgal beside the oaks Moreh

Judges 4:11
HEB:אָהֳל֔וֹ עַד־ אֵל֥וֹן [בַּצְעַנִּים כ]
NAS: as far away as the oak in Zaanannim,
KJV: his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim,
INT: his tent far as the oak Zaannannim which

Judges 9:6
HEB:לְמֶ֑לֶךְ עִם־ אֵל֥וֹן מֻצָּ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: king, by the oak of the pillar
KJV: king, by the plain of the pillar
INT: king by the oak of the pillar which

Judges 9:37
HEB:בָּ֔א מִדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֵל֥וֹן מְעוֹנְנִֽים׃
NAS: by the way of the diviners' oak.
KJV: come along by the plain of
INT: comes the way oak of the diviners'

Judges 12:12
HEB: וַיָּ֖מָת אֵל֣וֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר
INT: died the oak the Zebulunite was buried

1 Samuel 10:3
HEB:וּבָ֙אתָ֙ עַד־ אֵל֣וֹן תָּב֔וֹר וּמְצָא֤וּךָ
NAS: as far as the oak of Tabor,
KJV: from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor,
INT: will come far as the oak of Tabor will meet

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