Word Summary
Assarōn: Sharon, a plain in Palestine
Original Word: ΑσσαρώνTransliteration: Assarōn
Phonetic Spelling: (sar'-one)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Sharon, a plain in Palestine
Meaning: Sharon -- a plain in Palestine
Strong's Concordance
Sharon
Of Hebrew origin (Sharown); Saron (i.e. Sharon), a district of Palestine -- Saron.
see HEBREW Sharown
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4565: ΣαρώνΣαρών,
Σαρωνος (so
Tdf.; but
L WH accusative
Σαρῶνα,
Tr Σαρῶνα; cf.
Buttmann, 16 (14)),
ὁ (Hebrew
שָׁרון for
יְשָׁרון from
יָשַׁר 'to be straight'; (in Hebrew always with the article
הַשָׁרון, 'the level')),
Sharon (so
R. V.; but
A. V. Saron), a level region extending from Caesarea of Palestine (Strato's Tower) as far as Joppa (about 30 miles); it abounded in pasturage and was famous for its fertility (
Isaiah 33:9;
Isaiah 65:10;
1 Chronicles 27:29):
Acts 9:35. (Cf.
B. D., under the word
; Robinson, Phys. Geogr. etc., p. 126.)