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title: חֹלֹן — Holon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹלֹן (2473), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Holon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹלֹן

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«חֹלֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Holon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2473 · **BDB:** חֹלוֹן

### Glosses

Holon (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Holon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2473/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2473/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Moab חֹלוֹן Je 48:21 (𝔊 Χελων, Χαιλων. in Judah חֹלֹן Jos 15:51 (𝔊 Χαλου, 𝔊L Χειλου); priestly city 21:15 (𝔊 Γελλα, 𝔊L Ιλων) = חִילֵן 1 Ch 6:43 (𝔊L Χελων).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹלֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2473/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.51/)

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וְגֹ֥שֶׁן וְחֹלֹ֖ן וְגִלֹ֑ה עָרִ֥ים אַֽחַת־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Goshen and Holon and Giloh cities one.plus ten and villages their

*JPS 1917:* and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

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[Joshua 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.21.15/)

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וְאֶת־חֹלֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶת־דְּבִ֖ר וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Holon and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Debir and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it;

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