Words

אֵלוֹן H436

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terebinth

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

plain / oak

Note

A great tree at a holy place (12:6; 13:18; 18:1; Judg 9:37). The field is fixed as a set (112): אֵלוֹן and אֵלָה "terebinth" (one family, declared), אַלּוֹן "oak"

Rulings

44, 112

Declared to share English with

• H424 — one family: terebinth (112)

Occurrences (3)

Genesis 12

• 12:6 And Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 13

• 13:18 And Abram moved tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and he built there an altar to .

Genesis 14

• 14:13 And the escapee came and told Abram the Hebrew; and he was tenting by the terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner; and they were owners of the covenant of Abram.