1. oak, terebinth (tree) — A masculine noun meaning 'oak' or 'terebinth,' referring to large deciduous trees often associated with sacred sites and place-names in the Hebrew Bible (e.g., 'oak of Moreh,' 'oaks of Mamre'). All 9 occurrences share a single botanical referent with variation only in number and grammatical state: singular construct 'oak of' (eng: oak-of, arb: بَلُّوطَة, kor: 상수리나무, swa: mwaloni), plural construct with preposition 'in/by oaks of' (arb: عِنْدَ–بَلُّوطَاتِ / فِي–بَلُوطَاتِ, spa: en–encinas–de, swa: katika–mialoni–ya), and plain plural construct 'oaks of' (arb: بَلُوطَاتِ, hin: बलूतों–के). Spanish uses both 'encina' and 'roble' for this single referent. 9×
AR["بَلَّوطَةِ","بَلُوطَاتِ","بَلُّوطَة","بَلُّوطَةِ","بَلّوطَةِ","عِنْدَ-بَلُّوطَاتِ","فِي-بَلُوطَاتِ"]·ben["-ওকগাছগুলিতে","এলোন","এলোনে","ওক-গাছ","ওক-গাছের","ওকগাছগুলিতে","টিলা"]·DE["-der-oak-von","bei-den-Terebinthen","oak-von","oaks-von","zur-Terebinthe"]·EN["-the-oak-of","by-oaks-of","in-oaks-of","oak-of","oaks-of"]·FR["-le-chêne-de","chêne-de","dans-oaks-de","oak-de","oaks-de","par-oaks-de"]·heb["אֵלוֹן","אלון","אלוני","ב-אלני"]·HI["बलुत","बलुत-के-पेध","बलुत-के-पेध-मे","बलूत","बलूत-के","बलूतों-के","बाँज-के"]·ID["di-pohon-pohon-besar","pohon-besar","pohon-pohon-ek","pohon-tarbantin"]·IT["-il-oak-di","da-oaks-di","in-oaks-di","oak-di","oaks-di"]·jav["ing-wit-wit-èk","wit-terebint","wit-èk"]·KO["상수리나무","상수리나무-","상수리나무들","상수리나무들에서"]·PT["'Elon","carvalho-de","carvalhos-de-","em-carvalhos-de"]·RU["в-дубраве","дуба","дубрав","у-дубравы"]·ES["en-encinas-de","encina-de","los-robles-de"]·SW["Mwaloni-wa","katika-mialoni-ya","mialoni-ya","mwaloni","mwaloni-wa"]·TR["mesenin-","meşe-ağacına","meşe-ağaçlarında","meşe-ağaçlarının","meşesi","meşesinin"]·urd["بلوط","بلوط-کے","بلوط-کے-بن","بلوطوں-میں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. אֵלוֹן n.[f.] terebinth (= אֵלָה)—א׳ cstr. Gn 12:6 + 4 times; pl. cstr. אֵלוֹנֵי Gn 13:18 + 3 times—terebinth (or other tall tree, cf. infr. on 1 S 10:3; Ju 4:5), marking shrine, & hence used in topogr. designations; א׳ מוֹרֶה (teacher’s terebinth) Gn 12:6 (v. Di) so Dt 11:30; א׳ מְעוֹנְנִים (conjurors’ tereb.) Ju 9:37; distinguished by owner or ruler א׳ מַמְרֵא Gn 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; by…