5935. Alvan or Alyan
Strong's Lexicon
Alvan or Alyan: Alvan or Alyan

Original Word: עַלְוָן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Alvan or Alyan
Pronunciation: al-vawn' or al-yawn'
Phonetic Spelling: (al-vawn')
Definition: Alvan or Alyan
Meaning: Alvan, Aljan

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָלָה (alah), meaning "to ascend" or "to go up."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the name Alvan or Alyan in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun.

Usage: The name Alvan or Alyan is used as a proper noun referring to a descendant of Seir the Horite. It is a personal name that appears in genealogical records within the Old Testament.

Cultural and Historical Background: Alvan is listed among the sons of Shobal, a Horite chief in the land of Edom. The Horites were an ancient people who inhabited the region before the Edomites. The genealogies in which Alvan appears are significant for understanding the lineage and tribal affiliations in the ancient Near East, particularly in the context of the Edomite and Horite peoples.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from alah
Definition
an Edomite
NASB Translation
Alian (1), Alvan (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
עַלְוָן proper name, masculine in Edom Genesis 36:23 (P), ᵐ5 Γωλων, Γωλαμ = 1 Chronicles 1:40 Qr (Kt עלין), ᵐ5 Σωλαμ, A Ιωλαμ, ᵐ5L Αλουαν.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Alian, Alvan

Or salyan {al-yawn'}; from alah; lofty; Alvan or Aljan, an Idumaean -- Alian, Alvan.

see HEBREW alah

Forms and Transliterations
עַלְוָ֥ן עַלְיָ֧ן עלון עלין ‘al·wān ‘al·yān ‘alwān ‘alyān alVan alYan
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 36:23
HEB: בְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹבָ֔ל עַלְוָ֥ן וּמָנַ֖חַת וְעֵיבָ֑ל
NAS: of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath
KJV: of Shobal [were] these; Alvan, and Manahath,
INT: are the sons of Shobal Alvan and Manahath and Ebal

1 Chronicles 1:40
HEB: בְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹבָ֔ל עַלְיָ֧ן וּמָנַ֛חַת וְעֵיבָ֖ל
NAS: of Shobal [were] Alian, Manahath,
KJV: of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath,
INT: the sons of Shobal Alian Manahath Ebal

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5935
2 Occurrences


‘al·wān — 1 Occ.
‘al·yān — 1 Occ.
















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