Hebrew word · H5700

עֶגְלוֹן

eglon

Eglon

Appears 13 times in 12 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Eglon = "calf-like"

a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Joshua · 8
  1. Joshua 10:3 עֶגְל֖וֹן Eglon

    Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

    Here: Shephelah town near Lachish. Its location is disputed (Tell ʿAitun or Tell el-Hesi). It is not the Moabite king Eglon of Judges 3.

  2. Joshua 10:5 עֶגְל֔וֹן Eglon

    So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

  3. Joshua 10:23 עֶגְלֽוֹן׃ Eglon

    So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

  4. Joshua 10:34 עֶגְלֹ֑נָה Eglon towards

    So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

  5. Joshua 10:36 מֵעֶגְל֖וֹנָה from Eglon <towards>

    Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

    Here: 'From Eglon.' Eglon was the city just conquered in 10:34–35. The name carries the Hebrew '-ah' ending that normally means 'toward', but after 'from' that sense has faded and it works as a set place-name form. The point is simply where the march started.

  6. Joshua 10:37 לְעֶגְל֑וֹן to Eglon

    They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.

    Here: 'To Eglon,' the city in the lowland foothills taken just before (10:34–35). Its king was also one of the five allied kings (10:3).

  7. Joshua 12:12 עֶגְלוֹן֙ Eglon

    the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

  8. Joshua 15:39 וְעֶגְלֽוֹן׃ and Eglon

    Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

Judges · 5
  1. Judges 3:12 עֶגְל֤וֹן Eglon

    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

  2. Judges 3:14 עֶגְל֣וֹן Eglon

    The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

  3. Judges 3:15 לְעֶגְל֖וֹן to Eglon

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

    Here: The Moabite king. His name sounds like ʿegel, "calf", which suits the later description of him as very fat (3:17).

  4. Judges 3:17 לְעֶגְל֖וֹן וְעֶגְל֕וֹן to Eglon, and Eglon

    and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

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