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title: עִיּוֹן — Ijon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִיּוֹן (5859), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ijon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִיּוֹן

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«עִיּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ijon** — 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:** 5859 · **BDB:** עִיּוֹן

### Glosses

Ijon (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ijon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5859/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5859/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Αιν, in Naphtali;—1 K 15:20 = 2 Ch 16:4; 2 K 15:29 (on 2 S 24:6 v. דָּן p. 193 a supr.). Perhaps = Tell Dibbin, on the platau Merj ʿayyûn BuhlGeogr. 11, 110), between the Lîṭânî and the Ḥāsbânî (Id. ib. 237 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִיּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5859/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.4/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּנ הֲדַ֜דבֶּנ הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל מָ֑יִם אָבֵ֣ל מָ֑יִם וְאֵ֥ת כָּֽל־מִסְכְּנ֖וֹת עָרֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.listened Ben Hadad to the king Asa and he.sent (et) the.commanders of the.armies which \[belonged\].to him against the.cities of.Israel and they.attacked (et) Ijon and (et) Dan and (et) Abel Maim and (et) all the.stores of.the.cities of.Naphtali

*JPS 1917:* And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.

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[1 Kings 15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.15.20/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּנ־הֲדַ֜דבֶּנ־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑האָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כִּנְר֔וֹת עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.listened Ben Hadad to the king Asa and he.sent (et) the.commanders of the.armies which \[belonged\].to him on the.cities of.Israel and he.attacked (et) Ijon and (et) Dan and (et) Abel Beth Maacah and (et) all Kinnereth with all the.land of.Naphtali

*JPS 1917:* And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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