אַלּוֹןʼallôwn

oak (Genesis 35:8; Amos 2:9; Ezekiel 27:6; Isaiah 2:13; Zechariah 11:12)

Pronunciation: al-lone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H437

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 35:8 Soon after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called Allon-bacuth (which means “oak of weeping”).
  • Isaiah 2:13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
  • Isaiah 6:13 If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”
  • Isaiah 44:14 He cuts down cedars; he selects the cypress and the oak; he plants the pine in the forest to be nourished by the rain.
  • Ezekiel 27:6 They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
  • Hosea 4:13 They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops. They go up into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees. “That is why your daughters turn to prostitution, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
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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).