ʻEglôwn — H5700

Definition

masculine locative proper noun

Eglon, the name of a place in Palestine and of a Moabitish king

1. Eglon = "calf-like"
2. n pr m
3. king of Moab who oppressed the children of Israel for 18 years before he was killed by the judge Ehud
4. n pr loc
5. a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah

Usually translated as

Eglon

Origin

from H5695; vituline

• Derived from ʻêgel (H5695)

Occurrences

ʻEglôwn occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (8), Judges (4)

• Joshua 10:3 — Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon (עֶגְל֖וֹן), saying,
• Joshua 10:5 — Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon (עֶגְל֔וֹן), gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
• Joshua 10:23 — And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon (עֶגְלֽוֹן).
• Joshua 10:34 — And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon (עֶגְלֹ֑נָה), and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
• Joshua 10:36 — And Joshua went up from Eglon (מֵעֶגְל֖וֹנָה), and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
• Joshua 10:37 — And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon (לְעֶגְל֑וֹן); but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
• Joshua 12:12 — The king of Eglon (עֶגְלוֹן֙), one; the king of Gezer, one;
• Joshua 15:39 — Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon (וְעֶגְלֽוֹן),
• Judges 3:12 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon (עֶגְל֤וֹן) the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Judges 3:14 — So the children of Israel served Eglon (עֶגְל֣וֹן) the king of Moab eighteen years.
• Judges 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon (לְעֶגְל֖וֹן) the king of Moab.
• Judges 3:17 — And he brought the present unto Eglon (לְעֶגְל֖וֹן) king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
• Judges 3:17 — And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon (וְעֶגְל֕וֹן) was a very fat man.