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NAVE: Alian Alvan
SMITH: ALIAN ALVAN
ISBE: ALIAN ALVAN
Alyan
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Alian: AVS NRSV NASB TEV
son of Shobal son of Seir; a chief of Edom
son of Shobal son of Seir
high
son of Shobal son of Seir
high
Hebrew
Strongs #05935: Nwle `Alvan or Nyle `Alyan
Alian or Alvan = "tall"1) a Horite, son of Shobal
5935 `Alvan al-vawn'
or sAlyan {al-yawn'}; from 5927; lofty; Alvan or Aljan, anIdumaean:-Alian, Alvan.
see HEBREW for 05927
ALVAN [SMITH]
(tall), a Horite, son of Shobal, (Genesis 36:23) written ALIAN in (1 Chronicles 1:40)ALIAN [ISBE]
ALIAN - a-li'-an (`alyan): A descendant of Esau, and son of Shobal (1 Ch 1:40). In the corresponding earlier genealogy (Gen 36:23) the same person is given as Alvan (`alwan), the change of the third consonant being a simple one, common to Hebrew, occurring similarly in Aliah (which see). Alian is not to be identified with Aliah, since the groups of names in which these occur are quite different, and the context in each case is not the same.
ALVAN [ISBE]
ALVAN - al'-van (`alwan, "tall"?): A son of Shobal, the Horite (Gen 36:23). In 1 Ch 1:40 the name is written Alian, Septuagint Olam. It is probably the same as Alvah of Gen 36:23, which appears in 1 Ch 1:51 as Aliah.