Strong H356H356Gאֵלוֹן
Elon
One of the 4 senses of Strong H356
- Transliteration
- 'êylôn 'êlôn 'êylôn
- Pronunciation
- {ay-lone'} {ay-lone'} ay-lone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.26.34;
father of: Adah (H5711H)
father of: Adah (H5711H)
Meaning of the name
Elon = "terebinth, mighty"
General definition
From H352; oakgrove;
{Elon} the name of a place in {Palestine} and also of one {Hittite} two Israelite: - Elon.
{Elon} the name of a place in {Palestine} and also of one {Hittite} two Israelite: - Elon.
In the biblical story
Elon
A Hittite, father-in-law of Esau.
Elon the Hittite was the father of Basemath, one of Esau's wives (Gen.26.34; 36.2).
In the Bible
Strong H356G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elon2
First verses
- 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;