Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5544 |
|---|---|
| Word: | סִלּוֹן סַלּוֹן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5541 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | cillown |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sil-lone' (or callown {sal-one'};) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. a prickle (as if pendulous) |
| KJV Renderings: | brier, thorn. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
[סַלּוֺן], סִלּוֺן noun masculine brier (√ unknown): — סִלּוֺן מַמְאִיר Ezek 28:24 a pricking brier (figurative of national distress; || קוֺץ מַכְאִב); plural סַלּוֺנִים Ezek 2:6 ( + סָרָבִים; Co [after Vrss ] Berthol [not Toy] read (אותך) סֹרְבִים וְסֹלִים resisting and despising thee; ׳ סִל is then Participle from I. סלה).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
