Study Dictionary
NAVE: Holon
SMITH: HOLON
ISBE: HOLON
Holon
In Bible versions:
Holon: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a town and plain in the hill country of Judah
a town of highland Judah 16 km NNW of Hebron (OS)
a window; grief
a town of highland Judah 16 km NNW of Hebron (OS)
a window; grief
Hebrew
Strongs #02473: Nwlx Cholown or (shortened) Nlx Cholon
Holon = "sandy"1) a town in the mountains of Judah given to the priests
2) a city of Moab; site unknown
2473 Cholown kho-lone'
or (shortened) Cholon {kho-lone'}; probably from 2344; sandy;Cholon, the name of two places in Palestine:-Holon.
see HEBREW for 02344
HOLON [SMITH]
(sandy).- A town in the mountains of Judah. One of the first group, of which Debir was apparently the most considerable. (Joshua 15:51; 21:15) [HILEN]
- A city of Moab. (Jeremiah 48:21) only. No identification of it has yet taken place.
HOLON [ISBE]
HOLON - ho'-lon (cholon or chowlon):(1) One of the towns in the hill country of Judah (Josh 15:51) assigned to the Levites 21:15). In 1 Ch 6:58 (Hebrew 43), it is HILEN (which see). The site may be the important ruins of Beit`Alam (see PEF, III, 313, 321, Sh XXI).
(2) Probably once an important town in the "plain," i.e. plateau, of Moab (Jer 48:21); the site is unknown.