Word Study · Strong's H357 · Hebrew
אַיָּלוֹן
Ayalon
ah-yaw-lone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼAyâlôwn
“Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Aijalon, Ajalon.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- אַיָּלוֹן֙2
- בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן2
- אַיָּל֑וֹן1
- אַיָּל֔וֹן1
- אַיָּל֜וֹן1
- אַיָּלֽוֹן׃1
- אַיָּלֹ֑נָה1
- וְאַיָּל֖וֹן1
How it is rendered · 4
- Aijalon6
- in Aijalon2
- Aijalon towards1
- and Aijalon1
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)6
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HR/Npl · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua3 of 10 · 30%
- Judges2 of 10 · 20%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 10 · 20%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 10 · 20%
- 1 Samuel1 of 10 · 10%
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Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 10:12אַיָּלֽוֹן׃ʾaiyalonproper noun (a name)On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”here: Aijalon
- Joshua 19:42וְאַיָּל֖וֹןveaiyalonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,here: and Aijalon
- Joshua 21:24אַיָּלוֹן֙ʾaiyalonproper noun (a name)Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.here: Aijalon
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 1:35בְּאַיָּל֖וֹןbeaiyalonpreposition + proper noun (a name)And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.here: in Aijalon
- Judges 12:12בְּאַיָּל֖וֹןbeaiyalonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.here: in Aijalon
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:69אַיָּלוֹן֙ʾaiyalonproper noun (a name)Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.here: Aijalon
- 1 Chronicles 8:13אַיָּל֑וֹןʾaiyalonproper noun (a name)Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).here: Aijalon
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:10אַיָּל֔וֹןʾaiyalonproper noun (a name)Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.here: Aijalon
- 2 Chronicles 28:18אַיָּל֜וֹןʾaiyalonproper noun (a name)The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.here: Aijalon