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(Diviners') Oak

אֵלוֹןStrong’s H0436

elon (e-lon)

Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Elon is the Hebrew word usually translated “great tree of”, “at great trees of” and “great tree”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.”
Genesis 12:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. This name means tree, great tree, terebinth
  2. Tree, great tree, terebinth
  3. Plain
How it's translated
  • great tree of 3
  • at great trees of 3
  • great tree 2
  • great trees of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 4
  • Judges 3
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • 1 Samuel 1

4 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אֵלוֹן elon · (Diviners') Oak

This name means tree, great tree, terebinth Combined with a.nan (עָנַן "Diviners'" H6049)

אֵלוֹן elon · terebinth

1) tree, great tree, terebinth 2) plain

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.