Word Study · Strong's H356 · Hebrew
אֵילוֹן
elon
ay-lone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÊylôwn
“Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Elon.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- אֵילוֹן֙1
- אֵיל֖וֹן1
- אֵילֹ֖ן1
- אֵל֣וֹן1
- וְאֵיל֥וֹן1
- וְאֵל֖וֹן1
- לְאֵל֕וֹן1
How it is rendered · 3
- Elon4
- and Elon2
- of Elon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 4
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Npm · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
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Where this word lives
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 26:34אֵילֹ֖ןʾeilonproper noun (a name)When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.here: Elon
- Genesis 36:2אֵילוֹן֙ʾeilonproper noun (a name)Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,here: Elon
- Genesis 46:14וְאֵל֖וֹןveelonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.here: and Elon