Bible Person
Meaning: oak; grove; strong · Male · 2 cross references
This Elon entry refers to the son of Zebulun in Israel's tribal genealogies, not to the judge or the Hittite father-in-law of Esau. He belongs to the ancestral structure through which the tribe of Zebulun is remembered. First appears in Gen 46:14.1
AI summary: This Elon matters because the cross references place him in the transition from Jacob's household to the counted tribal families of Israel. Even without narrative action, his name helps preserve the stable internal branching of Zebulun across generations. Taken together, the material presents this Elon as a Zebulunite forefather whose place supports the continuity of the tribe.1
Central Figure
Elon
Meaning: oak; grove; strong
One of the sons of Zebulun (Gen.
One of the sons of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.