Ayyalon אַיָּלוֹן
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| אַיָּלוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ayyalon |
| Strong's number | H357 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Aijalon |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (3) |
Ayyalon (Hebrew אַיָּלוֹן, Strong's H357) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Aijalon”. It occurs 10 times.
Definition
§ Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer"
Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines
Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | aijalon (7), ajalon (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | aijalon (9) |
Verses
Every verse with Ayyalon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 10:12Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Joshua 19:42And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
- Joshua 21:24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
Judges
- Judges 1:35But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- 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.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs:Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 8:13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 11:10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
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).