אֵלוֹן
e.lon(Diviners') OakHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine9 occurrences4 books9 verses
Definition
prolonged from H352; an oak or other strong tree
Traditional renderings: plain. See also H356.
Traditional renderings: plain. See also H356.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Genesis 12:6אֵל֣וֹן · of the OakAbram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
- Genesis 13:18בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י · near the OaksSo Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- Genesis 14:13בְּאֵֽלֹנֵ֜י · near the OaksThen an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
- Genesis 18:1בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י · by the OaksThen the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
- Deuteronomy 11:30אֵלוֹנֵ֥י · the OakAre not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
- Judges 4:11אֵל֥וֹן · the great treeNow Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
- Judges 9:6אֵל֥וֹן · the oakThen all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
- Judges 9:37אֵל֥וֹן · OakThen Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
- 1 Samuel 10:3אֵל֣וֹן · the OakThen you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.