Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8289 - שָׁרוֹן Sharon (a plain on the Mediterranean Sea)

Original Word:	שָׁרוֹן
Transliteration:	Sharon
Definition:	a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Part of Speech:	proper name, of a location; noun masculine; proper name, of a location; Adjective, of a people
Phonetic Spelling:	(shaw-rone')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Lasharon, Sharon

Probably abridged from yashar; plain, Sharon, the name of a place in Palestine -- Lasharon, Sharon.

see HEBREW yashar

Englishman's Concordance

Sharon=“a plain”
1) plain, level (noun masculine)
2) the district lying between the mountains of central Palestine and the Mediterranean Sea and north of Joppa (noun proper locative)
3) a district on the east of the Jordan around Gilead and Bashan (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably abridged from H3474

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁרוֺןproper name, of a locationSharon (plausibly connected with √ ישׁר by Thes Ges¹² and others, compare GASm^{Geogr. 52};=*יְשָׁרוֺן; Phoenician שרן) — strictly

noun masculine^{Isaiah 65:10} plain, level; —

1׳הַשּׁ (with article), name of maritime plain on Mediterranean, from Joppa northward, noted for fertility, Isaiah 33:9 ("" בָּשָׁן, כַּרְמֶל; ᵐ5ὁ Σαρων), compare הֲדַר כַּרְמֶל וְהַשָּׁרוֺןIsaiah 35:2; Isaiah 65:10 ("" עֵמֶקעָכוֺר; ᵐ5τῷ δρυμῷ); ׳חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשּׁSongs 2:1 (ᵐ5ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου); ׳הַבָּקָר הָרֹעִים בַּשּׁ1 Chronicles 27:29; so also Joshua 12:18; where read ׳מֶלֶךְ אֲפֵק לַשּׁ, so Di We^{Sam 55} Ges^12afterᵐ5, compare RS^{OTJC 2, 273, 435. — On this plain} see GASm^{Geogr. 147 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 65.}

2מִגְרְשֵׁישָׁרוֺן, region east of Jordan 1 Chronicles 5:16 ("" גִּלְעָד, בָּשָׁן; ᵐ5τὰ περίχωρα Γεριαμ,ᵐ5 A Σαρων); identified by many with הַמִּישׁוֺר (Deuteronomy 3:10 etc., see above)

לַשָּׁרוֺןJoshua 12:8 see שָׁרוֺן.

לתח (√ of following; meaning unknown; Thes conjectures spread out, compare Samaritan נתחspread out garment, see also Di^{Lex. Ethiopic 45 f.}, but this word very dubious).

שָׁרוֺןproper name, of a locationשָׁרוֺנִי

adjective, of a people ( 1 Chronicles 27:29) see ישׁר.

שׁרותJeremiah 15:11 see I. שׁרה; שָׁרוֺתֶיהָJeremiah 5:10 see II. שׁוּר, שׁוּרָה. above

שִׁרְטַי1 Chronicles 27:29 Qr, see שִׁטְרַי

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8289. Sharon — 7 Occurrences

Joshua 12:18
HEB:אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ לַשָּׁר֖וֹן אֶחָֽד׃
NAS: one; the king of Lasharon, one;
KJV: one; the king of Lasharon, one;
INT: one the king of Lasharon one

1 Chronicles 5:16
HEB:וּבְכָֽל־ מִגְרְשֵׁ֥י שָׁר֖וֹן עַל־ תּוֹצְאוֹתָֽם׃
NAS: the pasture lands of Sharon, as far
KJV: and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
INT: all the pasture of Sharon far as their borders

1 Chronicles 27:29
HEB:הַבָּקָר֙ הָרֹעִ֣ים בַּשָּׁר֔וֹן [שִׁטְרַי כ]
NAS: which were grazing in Sharon; and Shaphat
KJV: that fed in Sharon [was] Shitrai
INT: of the cattle were grazing Sharon Shitrai the Sharonite

Songs 2:1
HEB:אֲנִי֙ חֲבַצֶּ֣לֶת הַשָּׁר֔וֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖ת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃
NAS: I am the rose of Sharon, The lily
KJV: I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily
INT: I am the rose of Sharon the lily of the valleys

Isaiah 33:9
HEB:קָמַ֑ל הָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְנֹעֵ֥ר
NAS: [and] withers; Sharon is like a desert plain,
KJV: [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness;
INT: withers become Sharon A desert lose

Isaiah 35:2
HEB:הֲדַ֥ר הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל וְהַשָּׁר֑וֹן הֵ֛מָּה יִרְא֥וּ
NAS: of Carmel and Sharon. They will see
KJV: of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see
INT: the majesty of Carmel and Sharon They will see

Isaiah 65:10
HEB: וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ לִנְוֵה־ צֹ֔אן
NAS:Sharon will be a pasture land
KJV:And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
INT: become Sharon pasture flocks

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