Places

אַיָּלוֹן Aijalon

Every verse in which this name stands — 10 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 97×10 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for five places in Palestine. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 10:12 and last at 2 Chronicles 28:18.

Joshua 10:12יהושע י:יב

אָז יְדַבֵּר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לַֽיהוָה בְּיוֹם תֵּת יְהוָה אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִי לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לְעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּגִבְעוֹן דּוֹם וְיָרֵחַ בְּעֵמֶק אַיָּלֽוֹן

Then spoke 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 Aijalon.’

Joshua 21:24יהושע כא:כד

אֶת־אַיָּלוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת־גַּת־רִמּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ עָרִים אַרְבַּֽע

Aijalon with the open land about it, Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; four cities.

Judges 1:35שופטים א:לה

וַיּוֹאֶל הָֽאֱמֹרִי לָשֶׁבֶת בְּהַר־חֶרֶס בְּאַיָּלוֹן וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִים וַתִּכְבַּד יַד בֵּית־יוֹסֵף וַיִּהְיוּ לָמַֽס

But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary.

Judges 12:12שופטים יב:יב

וַיָּמָת אֵלוֹן הַזְּבֽוּלֹנִי וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּאַיָּלוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ זְבוּלֻֽן

And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

1 Samuel 14:31שמואל א יד:לא

וַיַּכּוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים מִמִּכְמָשׂ אַיָּלֹנָה וַיָּעַף הָעָם מְאֹֽד

And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

1 Chronicles 6:54דברי הימים א ו:נד

וְאֶת־אַיָּלוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ וְאֶת־גַּת־רִמּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ

and Aijalon with the open land about it, and Gath-rimmon with the open land about it;

1 Chronicles 8:13דברי הימים א ח:יג

וּבְרִעָה וָשֶׁמַע הֵמָּה רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת לְיוֹשְׁבֵי אַיָּלוֹן הֵמָּה הִבְרִיחוּ אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵי גַֽת

and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath.

2 Chronicles 11:10דברי הימים ב יא:י

וְאֶת־צָרְעָה וְאֶת־אַיָּלוֹן וְאֶת־חֶבְרוֹן אֲשֶׁר בִּיהוּדָה וּבְבִנְיָמִן עָרֵי מְצֻרֽוֹת

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

2 Chronicles 28:18דברי הימים ב כח:יח

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים פָּשְׁטוּ בְּעָרֵי הַשְּׁפֵלָה וְהַנֶּגֶב לִֽיהוּדָה וַֽיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־בֵּֽית־שֶׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת־אַיָּלוֹן וְאֶת־הַגְּדֵרוֹת וְאֶת־שׂוֹכוֹ וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת־תִּמְנָה וּבְנוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת־גִּמְזוֹ וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֶיהָ וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the Lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof; and they dwelt there.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Aijalon?

Aijalon — אילון in Hebrew — has a gematria of 97 in the standard method.

How many times is Aijalon named in the Tanakh?

10 times, first at Joshua 10:12.

A spelling is not a name. The written word אילון stands 8 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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