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"Eglon" is a common misspelling or typo for: Elgin, Eglin.

Date "Eglon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references)

Specialty Definition: EGLON

Domain Definition
Bible 1: (calf-like). 1. A king of the Moabites, (Judges 3:12) ff., who, aided by the Ammonites and the Amelekites, crossed the Joran and took "the city of palm trees." (B.C. 1359.) here, according to Josephus, he built himself a palace, and continued for eighteen years to oppress the children of Israel, who paid him tribute. He was slain by Ehud. See Ehud. 2. A town of Judah in the low country. (Joshua 15:39) The name survives in the modern Ajlan, a shapeless mass of ruins, about 10 miles from Eleutheropolis and 14 from Gaza, on the south of the great maritime plain. (references)
  2: Eglon the bullock; place of heifers. (1.) Chieftain or king of one of the Moabite tribes (Judg. 3:12-14). Having entered into an alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the trans-Jordanic region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on Jericho, the "city of palm trees," which had been by this time rebuilt, but not as a fortress. He made this city his capital, and kept Israel in subjection for eighteen years. The people at length "cried unto the Lord" in their distress, and he "raised them up a deliverer" in Ehud (q.v.), the son of Gera, a Benjamite. (2.) A city in Judah, near Lachish (Josh. 15:39). It was destroyed by Joshua (10:5, 6). It has been identified with Tell Nejileh, 6 miles south of Tell Hesy or Ajlan, north-west of Lachish. (See LACHISH.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: EGLON

Expressions Definition
Eglon van der Neer Eglon van der Neer (1643-1703) was a Dutch painter born at Amsterdam, and died at Düsseldorf on May 3, 1703. He was first taught by his father, Aernout van der Neer, and then took lessons from Jacob van Loo, whose chief business then consisted in painting figures in the landscapes of Jan Wynants and Meindert Hobbema. When van Loo went to Paris in 1663 to join the school from which François Boucher afterwards emerged, he was accompanied or followed by Eglon. But, leaving Paris about 1666, he settled at Rotterdam, where he dwelt for many years. Later on he took up his residence at Brussels, and finally went to Dusseldorf, where he entered the service of the Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine. In each of the places where he stopped Eglon married, and having had three wives became the father of twenty-five children. A portrait of the princess of Neuberg led to his appointment as painter to the king of Spain. (references)

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Extended Definition: EGLON

Eglon

Eglon may refer to:

  • Eglon, Canaana Biblical city
  • Eglon (king), a Biblical king
  • Eglon, West Virginia, a community in the U.S. state of West Virginia
  • Eglon, Washington, a community in the U.S. state of Washington on the Kitsap Peninsula

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Topics by Level of Interest: EGLON

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Eglon Township, Minnesota 15     Eglon 3
Eglon van der Neer 6     Eglon Township, Minnesota 15
Eglon 3     Eglon van der Neer 6

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