Strong H356H356Jאֵלוֹן
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 Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.12.11
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 judge of Israel from the tribe of Zebulun.
Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel for ten years (Jdg.12.11,12).
In the Bible
Strong H356J appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elon2
First verses
- 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.