עֶגְלוֹן
eglon · Eglon
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5700 · appears 13 times in the Bible
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eglon (עֶגְלוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eglon”.
A Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
How to say it
e·glon
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Joshua 10:3
So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 10:5
So they gathered and went up, the five kings of the Amorite, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps, and camped against Gibeon and fought against it.
- Joshua 10:23
They did so and brought out to him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
- Joshua 10:34
Then Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped against it and fought against it.
- Joshua 10:36
Then Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.
- Joshua 10:37
They took it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and all its cities and every person who was in it; he left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon; and he devoted it to destruction and every person who was in it.
- Joshua 12:12
the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Joshua 15:39
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- Judges 3:12
The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the eyes of YHWH.
- Judges 3:14
The sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
- Judges 3:15
The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, and YHWH raised up for them a savior, Ehud son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. The sons of Israel sent by his hand tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 3:17
He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a man very fat.
And 1 more times.