Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H356
אֵלוֹן
e.lon · “Elon”
Used 7 times across 4 books
Definition
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
Where it appears
Genesis3
Numbers1
Joshua1
Judges2
In the text
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: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;Genesis 46:14And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.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.Joshua 19:43And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,Judges 12:11And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.Judges 12:12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
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