King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8289
Transliteration: Sharon
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rone')
Part of Speech: proper name, of a location; noun masculine; proper name, of a location; Adjective, of a people
Short Definition: a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Meaning: Sharon -- a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Word Summary
Sharon: a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Original Word: שָׁרוֹןTransliteration: Sharon
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rone')
Part of Speech: proper name, of a location; noun masculine; proper name, of a location; Adjective, of a people
Short Definition: a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Meaning: Sharon -- a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Strong's Concordance
Lasharon, Sharon Probably abridged from yashar; plain, Sharon, the name of a place in Palestine -- Lasharon, Sharon.
see HEBREW yashar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8289. Sharon
שָׁרוֺן proper name, of a location Sharon (plausibly connected with √ ישׁר by Thes Ges12 and others, compare GASmGeogr. 52; = *יְשָׁרוֺן; Phoenician שרן) — strictly
noun masculineIsaiah 65:10 plain, level; —
1 ׳הַשּׁ (with article), name of maritime plain on Mediterranean, from Joppa northward, noted for fertility, Isaiah 33:9 ("" כַּרְמֶל בָּשָׁן,; ᵐ5 ὁ Σαρων), compare וְהַשָּׁרוֺן כַּרְמֶל הֲדַר 35:2; 65:10 ("" עָכוֺר עֵמֶק; ᵐ5 τῷ δρυμῷ); הַשּׁ ׳חֲבַצֶּלֶת Song of Solomon 2:1 (ᵐ5 ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου); בַּשּׁ הָרֹעִים ׳הַבָּקָר 1 Chronicles 27:29; so also Joshua 12:18; where read לַשּׁ אֲפֵק ׳מֶלֶךְ, so Di WeSam 55 Ges12after ᵐ5, compare RSOTJC 2, 273, 435. — On this plain see GASmGeogr. 147 ff. BuhlGeogr. § 65.
2 שָׁרוֺן מִגְרְשֵׁי, region east of Jordan 1 Chronicles 5:16 ("" בָּשָׁן גִּלְעָד,; ᵐ5 τὰ περίχωρα Γεριαμ, ᵐ5 A Σαρων); identified by many with הַמִּישׁוֺר (Deuteronomy 3:10 etc., see above)
לַשָּׁרוֺן Joshua 12:8 see שָׁרוֺן.
לתח (√ of following; meaning unknown; Thes conjectures spread out, compare Samaritan נתח spread out garment, see also DiLex. Ethiopic 45 f., but this word very dubious).
שָׁרוֺן proper name, of a location שָׁרוֺנִי
adjective, of a people ( 1 Chronicles 27:29) see ישׁר.
שׁרות Jeremiah 15:11 see I. שׁרה; שָׁרוֺתֶיהָ 5:10 see II. שׁוּרָה שׁוּר,. above
שִׁרְטַי 1 Chronicles 27:29 Qr, see שִׁטְרַי