אֵלוֹן
ʼêlôwn · H436 · Hebrew · 10 occurrences
Thing
- OakWild Trees and Shrubs18 verses
Meanings
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oak
A large-size tree found either alone or in clumps or forests; one of the varieties of Quercus; functioned as landmarks, grave marks or gathering places; since its groves were considered sacred by Canaanites, ritual practices under them was always a temptation to Israelites, denounced in the texts as idolatry; their characteristics made them suitable symbols of a variety of attributes or attitudes
ExamplesJoshua 19:33 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan.
Judges 4:11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.
Judges 9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the memorial stone which was in Shechem.
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Oak of More
The Oak of More, an oak tree located near Shechem, one of the places where Abraham pitched his tents
ExamplesGenesis 12:6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Deuteronomy 11:30 “Are they not across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
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Oaks of Mamre
The Oaks of Mamre, a group of oak trees located near Hebron, one of the places where Abraham pitched his tents
ExamplesGenesis 13:18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Genesis 14:13 Then a survivor came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was residing by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and they were allies with Abram.
Genesis 18:1 Now the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.
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Diviner's Oak
Oak tree; located near Shechem
ExamplesJudges 9:37 And Gaal spoke yet again and said, “Look, people are coming down from the highest part of the land, and one unit is coming by way of the diviners’ oak.”
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Oak of Tabor
Oak tree; located near Bethel
Examples1 Samuel 10:3 “Then you will go on farther from there, and you will come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you: one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- מַמְרֵאMamre 3
- מוֹרֶהearly rain 2
- נָצַבto stand 1
- עָנַןto practice soothsaying 1
- תָּבוֹרTabor 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- חֶבְרוֹןHebron 1
- קֶדֶשׁKedesh 1
- שְׁכֶםshoulder 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 5 groups
- עַדto, as far as, until 6
- בin/on/with 6
- עִםwith 2
- אֵצֶלbeside 2
- מִןfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דֶּרֶךְway, road 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Trees001002007002
- אֵלוֹן names a great tree, as the oak of Moreh or the oaks of Mamre where the patriarchs camped.
- Names of People003001007
- The same word serves as the personal name Elon, borne by a judge of Israel and other figures.
- Names of Trees003001014
- אֵלוֹן functions as the specific designation for this variety of large tree, the oak or terebinth.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H436. elon I. אֵלוֺן noun [feminine] terebinth (= אֵלָה) — ׳א construct Gen 12:6 Gen…
I. אֵלוֺן noun [feminine] terebinth (= אֵלָה) — ׳א construct Gen 12:6 Gen 12:4t.; plural construct אֵלוֺנֵי Gen 13:18 Gen 13:3t. — terebinth (or other tall tree, compare below on 1Sa 10:3; Jdg 4:5), marking shrine, & hence used in topographic designations; ׳א מוֺרֶה (teacher's terebinth) Gen 12:6 (see Di) so Deu 11:30; ׳א מְעוֺנְנִים (eonjurors' tereb.) Jdg 9:37; distinguished by owner or ruler ׳א מַמְרֵא Gen 13:18; Gen 14:13; Gen 18:1; by neighbouring town (ב)צענים Jdg 4:11; compare ׳א בְּצַעֲנַנִּים Jos 19:33 (editions אַלּוֺן, but see Norzi Baer Di.); ׳אֵ בִּשְׁכֶם אֲשֶׁר מֻצָּב Jdg 9:6 (compare אֵלָה Gen 35:4); ׳א תָּבוֺר 1Sa 10:3 read ׳א דְּבוֺרָה (& compare בָּכוּת אַלּוֺן Gen 35:8, & דְּבוֺרָה תֹּמֶר Jdg 4:5) compare EwGeschichte iii. 31 Th Di Gen 35:8 (see also below אַלּוֺן).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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