אֵילוֹןʼÊylôwn
proper name, masculine: id.
Pronunciation: ay-lone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H356
Meanings
1. a son of Zebulun (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26)
2. a Hittite, father-in-law of Esau (Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:2)
3. a judge of Israel, of tribe of Zebulun (Judges 12:11; Judges 12:12)
4. a town of Dan (Joshua 19:43; 1 Kings 4:9)
Same root
- אַיִלʼayil · H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
- אֵילוֹן בֵּית חָנָןʼÊylôwn Bêyth Chânân · H358Elon of Beth-chanan, a place in Palestine
- אִילָןʼîylân · H363a tree
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 26:34 At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.
- Genesis 36:2 Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
- Genesis 46:14 The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
- Numbers 26:26 These were the clans descended from the sons of Zebulun: The Seredite clan, named after their ancestor Sered. The Elonite clan, named after their ancestor Elon. The Jahleelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahleel.
- Joshua 19:43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- Judges 12:11 After Ibzan died, Elon from the tribe of Zebulun judged Israel for ten years.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).