Bible dictionaries
Elon
What Bible dictionaries say about “Elon”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Elon - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Oak. (1.) A city of Dan (Josh. 19:43). (2.) A Hittite, father of Bashemath, Esau's wife (Gen. 26:34). (3.) One of the sons of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14). (4.) The eleventh of the Hebrew judges. He held office for ten years (Judg. 12:11, 12). He is called the Zebulonite.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(an oak).
- A Hittite, whose daughter was one of Esaus wives. (Genesis 26:34; 36:2) (B.C. 1797.)
- The second of the three sons attributed to Zebulun, (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) and the founder of the family of the Elonites. (B.C. 1695.)
- Elon the Zebulonite, who judged Israel for ten years, and was buried in Aijalon in Zebulun. (Judges 12:11,12) (B.C. 1174-1164).
- On of the towns in the border of the tribe of Dan. (Joshua 19:43)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
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