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 · H356
e.lon — Elon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.26.34; father of: Adah (H5711H) § Elon = "terebinth, mighty" 1) Hittite, father-in-law of Esau 2) second son of Zebulun 3) Zebulonite judge of Israel 4) town in Dan
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2075
ze.vu.lo.ni — Zebulunite
Someone from the tribe of Zebulun living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.20; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Sered (H5624), Elon (H0356H) and Jahleel (H3177) Group of ze.vu.lun (זְבוּלֻן "Zebulun" H2074) § Zebulonite , of Zebulun a descendant of Zebulun and member of the tribe of Zebulun
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The designation of Elon, the judge who belonged to the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:11, 12).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
