BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3210
ya.lon — Jalon
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; son of: Ezrah (H5834); brother of: Jether (H3500J), Mered (H4778) and Epher (H6081H) § Jalon = "Jehovah lodges" a son of Ezra and a descendant of Caleb
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H357
ay.ya.lon — 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
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8087
she.ma — Shema
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.43; son of: Hebron (H2275I); brother of: Korah (H7141J), Tappuah (H8599A) and Rekem (H7552I); father of: Raham (H7357) § Shema = "hear" 1) a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of Bela 2) a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of Raham 3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as 'Shimhi' 4) an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4778
me.red — Mered
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; son of: Ezrah (H5834); brother of: Jether (H3500J), Epher (H6081H) and Jalon (H3210); married to Bithiah (H1332)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057)(?); father of: Miriam (H4813H)(?), Shammai (H8060I)(?), Ishbah (H3431)(?), Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?) § Mered = "rebellion" son of Ezra and a descendant of Judah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5738
e.der — Eder
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.15; son of: Beriah (H1283I); brother of: Arad (H6166B), Ahio (H0283H), Shashak (H8349), Jeremoth (H3406I), Zebadiah (H2069), Michael (H4317L), Ishpah (H3472) and Joha (H3109) § Ader = "flock" 1) a Benjamite, son of Beriah, chief of the inhabitants of Aijalon 1a) also 'Eder'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5834
ez.rah — Ezrah
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; father of: Jether (H3500J), Mered (H4778), Epher (H6081H) and Jalon (H3210) § Ezra = "help" a Judaite, father of Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Lodger, the last of the four sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:17).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
