In the bible, Elon is the name of the Hittite, father of Basemath, Esau's wife (GEN 26:34), as well as name of son of Zebulun (GEN 46:14) and descendant of Zebulun who judged Israel (JDG 12:11). Meaning of the name: oak; grove; strong. Related names are:
Zebulun,
Jahleel,
Sered (and others ...)
. The translations of Elon in 26 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Fetter in Spanish to
エロン in Japanese!
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (GEN 26:34)
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; (GEN 36:2)
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. (GEN 46:14)
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. (NUM 26:26)
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, (JOS 19:43)
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. (JDG 12:11)
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. (JDG 12:12)
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: (1KI 4:9)