עֶגְלוֹן ʻEglôwn

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: Eglon.

Derivation: from H5695 (עֵגֶל); vituline;

Where it is used

• Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
• Joshua 10:5 So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
• Joshua 10:23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
• Joshua 10:34 So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
• Joshua 10:36 Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
• Joshua 10:37 They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
• Joshua 12:12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
• Joshua 15:39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
• Judges 3:12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Judges 3:14 The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
• Judges 3:15 And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
• Judges 3:17 and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.