Topic

Elon

Passages from across the Bible

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. Father-in-law of Esau

  • Genesis 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
  • Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

2. A son of Zebulun

  • Genesis 46:14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
  • Numbers 26:26 These were the descendants of Zebulun by their clans: The Seredite clan from Sered, the Elonite clan from Elon, and the Jahleelite clan from Jahleel.

3. A town of Dan

4. A Hebrew judge

  • Judges 12:11–12 After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years. Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “elon” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.