אֵלוֹן
ʼêlôwn · ay-lone'
an oak or other strong tree
Lexicon
Derivation: prolonged from H352 (אַיִל);
an oak or other strong tree
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: plain. See also H356 (אֵילוֹן).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵלוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto the plain2 · 22%
- in the plain2 · 22%
- unto him in the plains1 · 11%
- the plains1 · 11%
- by the plain1 · 11%
- along by the plain1 · 11%
- to the plain1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.