אַלּוֹן
ʼallôwn · al-lone'
{an oak or other strong tree}
Lexicon
Derivation: a variation of H436 (אֵלוֹן)
{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: oak.
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 אַלּוֹן 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- under an oak1 · 13%
- and upon all the oaks1 · 13%
- and as an oak1 · 13%
- and the oak1 · 13%
- of the oaks1 · 13%
- under oaks1 · 13%
- as the oaks1 · 13%
- o ye oaks1 · 13%
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.