STRONGS NUMBER H437


Word Summary
allon: an oak
Original Word: אַלּוֹן
Transliteration: allon
Phonetic Spelling: (al-lone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an oak
Meaning: an oak, other strong tree
Strong's Concordance
oak

A variation of 'elown -- oak.

see HEBREW 'elown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H437. allon

אַלּוֺןnoun masculineGenesis 35:8 oak (ᵐ5βάλανος, δρῦς, etc.) — ׳א‎ absolute 35:8 +; construct ib.; plural אַלּוֺנִיםAmos 2:9; Ezekiel 27:6; construct אַלּוֺנֵיIsaiah 2:13; Zechariah 11:12; — as marking grave of Deborah, Rebekah's nurse Genesis 35:8 (E); whence called oak of weeping, ׳א בָּכוּתib. (see Di on the passage, & below אֵלוֺן‎ p. 18); elsewhere only in prophets; as marking illicit shrines Hosea 4:13 ("" אֵלָה לִבְנֶה,‎); as felled Isaiah 6:13 (in simile; "" אֵלָה‎); as furnishing material for making idols 44:14 ("" אֹרֶן תִּרְזָה, אֶרֶז,‎); as simile for strength (חסן‎) Amos 2:9; also הַבָּשָׁן אַלּוֺנֵיIsaiah 2:13 (as lofty & majestic), compare Ezekiel 27:6 (as strong, for making oars); Zechariah 11:2, metaphor of prominent men.