Elon (name)
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Elon Alon (אַלוֹן (Hebrew)) or Ilan (אִילָן (Hebrew)) is a Jewish masculine name of Hebrew
origin. The name means "tree" or "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Elon is a rare male first name as it was not ranked for males of all ages in the United States Census, 1990
. It is also used in many countries in a feminine sense, as the girl's name "Ilana". Moreover, the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the "new year of the trees" is referred to in Hebrew as "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot", where "Ilanot" is the feminine plural Hebrew word for tree.
In the Bible
, Elon was a Judge of Israel
. He followed Ibzan
and was succeeded by Abdon
. It is said that he was from the Tribe of Zebulun
, led Israel
for ten years, and was buried in Ajalon
in Zebulon
. (Judges 12:11)
Elon has 5 variant forms (alphabetically): Eilan, Eilon, Elan, Ilan and Ilon.
Elon also has another meaning of African origin. It is a female name meaning, "God loves me."
Elon:
Elon may refer to a number of notable things:
Ilan:
Hebrews
Hebrews is an ethnonym used in the Hebrew Bible...
origin. The name means "tree" or "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Elon is a rare male first name as it was not ranked for males of all ages in the United States Census, 1990
United States Census, 1990
The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
. It is also used in many countries in a feminine sense, as the girl's name "Ilana". Moreover, the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the "new year of the trees" is referred to in Hebrew as "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot", where "Ilanot" is the feminine plural Hebrew word for tree.
In the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, Elon was a Judge of Israel
Book of Judges
The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired prophets whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as decision-makers for the Israelites, as...
. He followed Ibzan
Ibzan
Ibzan appears in the Bible as one of the Judges of Israel. Very little is said about him, except the following:Many scholars believe that the Bethlehem referred to in the story is the Bethlehem in the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun, rather than the more famous Bethlehem in the Tribe of Judah...
and was succeeded by Abdon
Abdon (Judges)
Abdon , was the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, and was the tenth Judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges. . He was a member of the tribe of Ephraim, and in the biblical account was credited with having forty sons and thirty grandsons. He judged Israel for eight years...
. It is said that he was from the Tribe of Zebulun
Tribe of Zebulun
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Zebulun was one of the Tribes of Israel....
, led Israel
Israelite
According to the Bible the Israelites were a Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East who inhabited the Land of Canaan during the monarchic period .The word "Israelite" derives from the Biblical Hebrew ישראל...
for ten years, and was buried in Ajalon
Ajalon
Ajalon was a place in the lowland of Shephelah in the ancient Land of Israel, identified today as Yalo at the foot of the Bethoron pass, a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of Ramla in the West Bank. Its name is Hebrew for "place of gazelles".The place may have been the site of several...
in Zebulon
Zebulon
Zebulun, was the sixth son of Jacob and Leah in the Hebrew Bible.Zebulon, Zebulun or Zébulon may also refer to:*Tribe of Zebulun, ancient Israelite tribeGiven names...
. (Judges 12:11)
Elon has 5 variant forms (alphabetically): Eilan, Eilon, Elan, Ilan and Ilon.
Elon also has another meaning of African origin. It is a female name meaning, "God loves me."
Elon:
Elon may refer to a number of notable things:
- Elon Rood
- Elon GoldElon GoldElon Gold is an American comedian, television actor, writer and producer. He starred in the television series Stacked. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom In-Laws...
- Elon J. FarnsworthElon J. FarnsworthElon John Farnsworth was a Union Army cavalry general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and career:...
- Elon, North CarolinaElon, North CarolinaElon is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current population estimate is 7,060. The town of Elon is home to Elon University. The town was called "Elon College" until the college known as Elon...
- Elon UniversityElon UniversityElon University is a private liberal arts university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Formerly known as Elon College, it became Elon University on June 1, 2001. The campus is a botanical garden and features oak trees, brick sidewalks, fountains, and lakes...
- Amos ElonAmos Elon-Biography:Amos Elon was born in Vienna. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933. He studied law and history in Israel and England. He was married to Beth Elon, a New York-born literary agent, with whom he had one daughter, Danae. In the 1990s, Elon began to spend much of his time in Italy...
(1926–2009), Israeli writer - Elon MuskElon MuskElon Musk is an American engineer and entrepreneur heritage best known for co-founding PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He is currently the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity...
, American entrepreneur
Ilan:
- Meir Bar-IlanMeir Bar-IlanMeir Berlin, later Hebraized to Meir Bar-Ilan, , born Volozhin, Lithuania, died Jerusalem, Israel) was anOrthodox rabbi and leader of Religious Zionism, the Mizrachi movement in USA and British Mandate of Palestine...
(born BerlinBerlin (disambiguation)Berlin is the capital of Germany. Berlin may also refer to:- Individuals :* Berlin * Berlin Ndebe-Nlome , Cameroonian football player* Berlin, former stage name for professional wrestler Alex Wright- United States :...
< BerBärBär is the surname of:* Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn , Russian poet and grammarian* Dietmar Bär, German actor* Gert Bär , German mathematics...
)- Bar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
- Bar-Ilan University
- Ilan Flaisher, see Flash BrothersFlash BrothersThe Flash Brothers are a group of Israeli brothers who produce electronic music, mostlyhouse or progressive trance,. They consist of Ruven, Ilan, and Shmuel Flaishler. They have featured releases on labels such as Hooj Choons, Silver Planet, and Bedrock Records.They gained their first attention in...
- Ilan HaleviIlan HaleviIlan Halevi is a Jewish Palestinian journalist and politician, and one of the very few high ranking Jewish members of the Palestine Liberation Organization ....
- Ilan HalimiIlan HalimiIlan Halimi was a young French Jewish man kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a gang called "the Gang of Barbarians" and subsequently tortured, over a period of three weeks, resulting in his death...
- Ilan HallIlan HallIlan D. Hall is an American chef, best known as the winner of the second season of the Bravo television network's reality series Top Chef.Hall is a native of Great Neck, New York...
- Ilan Mitchell-SmithIlan Mitchell-SmithIlan Mitchell-Smith is Assistant Professor of English at California State University Long Beach, but he is best known as an actor and co-star of the film Weird Science...
- Ilan PappéIlan PappéIlan Pappé is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies, and political activist...
- Ilan RamonIlan RamonIlan Ramon was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and later the first Israeli astronaut....
- Ilan Waincymer, Local Australian Musician
See also
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/'Etz, BaumBaumBaum is a German surname meaning "tree" and may refer to:* Antoine Baumé, , French chemist* Bernie Baum, American song writer* Eric Baum, American computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher... - Ilan, Yilan (Taiwan)