Aijalon
אַיָּלוֹןStrong’s H0357ayyalon (ay-ya-lon)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ayyalon is the Hebrew word usually translated “aijalon” and “aijalon towards”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.”
Meaning
- § Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer"
How it's translated
- aijalon 6
- in aijalon 2
- and aijalon 1
- aijalon towards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 3
- Judges 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- 1 Samuel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 19:42And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
- Joshua 21:24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
- Judges 1:35But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
- Judges 12:12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
- 1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
- 1 Chronicles 6:69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
Hebrew dictionary
אַיָּלוֹן ayyalon · Aijalon
§ Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer" Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.