(Diviners') Oak
אֵלוֹןStrong’s H0436elon (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.”
Meaning
- This name means tree, great tree, terebinth
- Tree, great tree, terebinth
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 13:18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
- Genesis 14:13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Genesis 18:1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Deuteronomy 11:30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
- Judges 4:11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- Judges 9:6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
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.