Lexical Definition

‎שָׁרוֹן‎ Shârôwn (shaw-rone') Lasharon ^N:N--L
probably abridged from ‎יָשַׁר‎

Lasharon, Sharon.

• § Sharon = "a plain"
• plain, Sharon, the name of a place in Palestine

n m
1) plain, level
n pr loc
2) the district lying between the mountains of central Palestine and the Mediterranean Sea and north of Joppa
3) a district on the east of the Jordan around Gilead and Bashan

See Greek: Σάρων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁרוֺן‎ proper name, of a location Sharon (plausibly connected with √ ‎ישׁר‎ by Thes Ges¹² and others, compare GASm^{Geogr. 52}; = *‎יְשָׁרוֺן‎; Phoenician ‎שרן‎) — strictly noun masculine^{Isa 65:10} plain, level; —

1. ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ (with article), name of maritime plain on Mediterranean, from Joppa northward, noted for fertility, Isa 33:9 (|| ‎בָּשָׁן‎, ‎כַּרְמֶל‎; ᵐ5 ὁ Σαρων), compare ‎הֲדַר כַּרְמֶל וְהַשָּׁרוֺן‎ Isa 35:2; Isa 65:10 (|| ‎עֵמֶק‎ ‎עָכוֺר‎; ᵐ5 τῷ δρυμῷ); ‎׳‎‎חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשּׁ‎ Song 2:1 (ᵐ5 ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου); ‎׳‎‎הַבָּקָר הָרֹעִים בַּשּׁ‎ 1Chr 27:29 so also Josh 12:18 where read ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶךְ אֲפֵק לַשּׁ‎, so Di We^{Sam 55} Ges^{12 after} ᵐ5, compare RS^{OTJC 2, 273, 435. — On this plain} see GASm^{Geogr. 147 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 65.}

2. ‎מִגְרְשֵׁי‎ ‎שָׁרוֺן‎, region east of Jordan 1Chr 5:16 (|| ‎גִּלְעָד‎, ‎בָּשָׁן‎; ᵐ5 τὰ περίχωρα Γεριαμ, ᵐ5 A Σαρων); identified by many with ‎הַמִּישׁוֺר‎ (Deut 3:10 etc., see above)

‎לַשָּׁרוֺן‎ Josh 12:8 see ‎שָׁרוֺן‎.

Also see: שָׁרוֹנִי

‎שָׁרוֺן‎ proper name, of a location ‎שָׁרוֺנִי‎ adjective, of a people ( 1Chr 27:29) see ‎ישׁר‎. ‎שׁרות‎ Jer 15:11 see I. ‎שׁרה‎; ‎שָׁרוֺתֶיהָ‎ Jer 5:10 see II. ‎שׁוּר‎, ‎שׁוּרָה‎. above ‎שִׁרְטַי‎ 1Chr 27:29 Qr, see ‎שִׁטְרַי‎

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