STRONGS NUMBER H8289


Word Summary
Sharon: a plain on the Mediterranean Sea, perhaps also a region East of the Jordan
Original Word: שָׁרוֹן
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
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

שָׁרוֺןproper 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,‎; ᵐ5ὁ Σαρων), compare וְהַשָּׁרוֺן כַּרְמֶל הֲדַר35:2; 65:10 ("" עָכוֺר עֵמֶק‎; ᵐ5τῷ δρυμῷ); הַשּׁ ׳חֲבַצֶּלֶתSong of Solomon 2:1 (ᵐ5ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου); בַּשּׁ הָרֹעִים ׳הַבָּקָר1 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,‎; ᵐ5τὰ περίχωρα Γεριαμ, ᵐ5‎ A Σαρων); identified by many with הַמִּישׁוֺר‎ (Deuteronomy 3:10 etc., see above)

לַשָּׁרוֺןJoshua 12:8 see שָׁרוֺן‎.

לתח‎ (√ of following; meaning unknown; Thes conjectures spread out, compare Samaritan נתחspread out garment, see also DiLex. Ethiopic 45 f., but this word very dubious).

שָׁרוֺןproper name, of a location שָׁרוֺנִי

adjective, of a people ( 1 Chronicles 27:29) see ישׁר‎.

שׁרותJeremiah 15:11 see I. שׁרה‎; שָׁרוֺתֶיהָ5:10 see II. שׁוּרָה שׁוּר,‎. above

שִׁרְטַי1 Chronicles 27:29 Qr, see שִׁטְרַי