Elon אֵלוֹן
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| אֵלוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | elon |
| Strong's number | H356 (H0356G, H0356H, H0356J, H0356I) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Elon |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (3) |
Elon (Hebrew אֵלוֹן, Strong's H356) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Elon”. It occurs 7 times.
Definition
H0356G: Elon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.26.34;
father of: Adah (H5711H)
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
father of: Adah (H5711H)
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
H0356H: Elon
A man of the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.14;
son of: Zebulun (H2074);
brother of: Sered (H5624) and Jahleel (H3177)
Also named: e.lo.ni (אֵלֹנִי "Elonite" H0440)
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
son of: Zebulun (H2074);
brother of: Sered (H5624) and Jahleel (H3177)
Also named: e.lo.ni (אֵלֹנִי "Elonite" H0440)
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
H0356J: Elon
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.12.11
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau
2) second son of Zebulun
3) Zebulonite judge of Israel
4) town in Dan
H0356I: Elon
§ Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
town in Dan
town in Dan
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | elon (7) |
|---|---|
| BSB | elon (7) |
Verses
Every verse with Elon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 26:34And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- Genesis 36:2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;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 46:14And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Numbers
- Numbers 26:26Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.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.
Joshua
- Joshua 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Judges
- Judges 12:11And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
- Judges 12:12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).