עִיּוֹן
iyon · Ijon
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5859 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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iyon (עִיּוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ijon”.
A city in the north of Israel, in the territory of Naphtali; the name means "ruin." It was struck by Ben-hadad (1 Kings 15:20) and later by Assyria (2 Kings 15:29).
How to say it
i·yon
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
- 1 Kings 15:20
Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of the troops that he had against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried them into exile to Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of the forces that he had against the cities of Israel, and they struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali.