Lexicon / H5700
עֶגְלוֹן
eg.lon
  • Eglon

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Eglon

§ Eglon = "calf-like"

a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah

A man of the Moabites living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.12

§ Eglon = "calf-like"

1) king of Moab who oppressed the children of Israel for 18 years before he was killed by the judge Ehud

2) a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Eglon

עֶגְלוֹן n.pr m . a king of Moab loc . site 13.