Ayalon means “Ajalon” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G357 — analogizomai (“consider”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H357 אַיָלוֹן (Ayalown) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Ayalown (ah-yaw-lone') n/l. 1. deer-field 2. Ajalon, the name of five places in Israel It has 10 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include aijalon and ajalon. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Ayalown (ah-yaw-lone') n/l. 1. deer-field 2. Ajalon, the name of five places in Israel [from H354] KJV: Aijalon, Ajalon. Root(s): H354
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Aijalon
Usage: § Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer" Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Ayalown, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H357.
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
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Ayalon (Strong's H357) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ajalon". Ayalown (ah-yaw-lone') n/l. 1. deer-field 2. Ajalon, the name of five places in Israel
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H357 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H357 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as aijalon and ajalon. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.