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H5859

עִיּוֹן

iy.yonN:N--L

Ijon

Ijon = "a ruin" a place in the north of Palestine belonging to the tribe of Naphtali Also named: dan ya.an (יַעַן "Jaan" H1842)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עִיוֺן proper name, of a location Αιν, in Naphtali; — 1Kgs 15:20 = 2Chr 16:4; 2Kgs 15:29 (on 2Sam 24:6 see דָּן a above). Perhaps = Tell Dibbin, on the plateau Merj ±ayyûn (BuhlGeogr. 11, 110), between the Lî‰ânî and the „¹sbânî (Idib. 237 f.)

3 occurrences

I Kings (1), II Kings (1), II Chronicles (1)