Ijon — the meaning of the Hebrew name עִיּוֹן

עִיּוֹן

ʻÎyôwn · pronounced ee-yone' · Strong's H5859 · a place

Ijon means ruin.

Built from

עִי ʻîy (from, H5856) — a ruin (as if overturned) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H5856; ruin; Ijon, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Kgs 15:20 So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. (KJV)

Every verse that names Ijon

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles

1Kgs 15:202Kgs 15:292Chr 16:4

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