H2473 H2473
Holon: city in Judah and Moab
A place name appearing in two distinct geographical contexts. In Judah, Holon was a city in the hill country given to the Levites as one of the priestly cities. In Moab, a different Holon appears in Jeremiah's oracle against Moab. The dual usage may represent two separate locations sharing the same name, a common phenomenon in ancient Near Eastern geography. The Judahite Holon corresponds to Hilen in the parallel passage in Chronicles, showing textual variation in transmission.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A city name appearing in both Judahite and Moabite contexts. Joshua 15:51 lists Holon among the hill country cities of Judah, while Joshua 21:15 designates it as a Levitical city (= Hilen in 1 Chronicles 6:43). Jeremiah 48:21 mentions a Moabite Holon in an oracle of judgment. Cross-linguistic renderings (Spanish Holón/Jolón, French/English Holon) maintain transliteration, treating it as a proper geographical designation. 3×
AR["حُولُونَ", "وَ-حولونُ"]·ben["এবং-হোলোন", "হোলোন", "হোলোনের"]·DE["Holon", "[חלון]", "und-Cholon"]·EN["Cholon", "Holon", "and-Cholon"]·FR["Holon", "[חלון]", "et-Cholon"]·heb["ו-חולון", "חולון"]·HI["और-होलोन", "होलोन"]·ID["Holon", "dan-Holon"]·IT["Holon", "[חלון]", "e-Cholon"]·jav["Holon", "lan-Holon"]·KO["그리고-홀론", "호론을", "홀론"]·PT["Cholon", "Holon", "e-Holon"]·RU["Холон", "и-Холон"]·ES["Holón", "Jolón", "y-Holón"]·SW["Holoni", "na-Holoni"]·TR["Holon", "Holon'un", "ve-Holon"]·urd["اور-حولون", "حولون"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֹלוֹן, חֹלֹן n.pr.loc. 1. in Moab חֹלוֹן Je 48:21 (𝔊 Χελων, Χαιλων. 2. in Judah חֹלֹן Jos 15:51 (𝔊 Χαλου, 𝔊L Χειλου); priestly city 21:15 (𝔊 Γελλα, 𝔊L Ιλων) = חִילֵן 1 Ch 6:43 (𝔊L Χελων).