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Strong H3564 sensesאֵלוֹן

Elon

Transliteration
'êylôn 'êlôn 'êylôn
Pronunciation
{ay-lone'} {ay-lone'} ay-lone'

Meaning of the name

Elon = "terebinth, mighty"

The 4 senses of Strong H356

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H356 appears in 7 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A Hittite, father-in-law of Esau.H356G2 verses · Genesis
  2. A son of Zebulun and founder of the Elonites.H356H2 verses · Genesis, Numbers
  3. A judge of Israel from the tribe of Zebulun.H356J2 verses · Judges
  4. City in the territory of DanH356I1 verse · Joshua

General definition

From H352; oakgrove;
{Elon} the name of a place in {Palestine} and also of one {Hittite} two Israelite: - Elon.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • elon7

First verses

  1. Genesis 26:34
    And 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:
  2. Genesis 36:2
    Esau 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;
  3. Genesis 46:14
    And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
  4. Numbers 26:26
    Of 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.
  5. Joshua 19:43
    And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
  6. Judges 12:11
    And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
  7. Judges 12:12
    And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.