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

Extended Information

• Lasharon or 'of Sharon'
• "a plain"
• A town possibly near Mt. Tabor

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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Lasharon • A Canaanite city conquered by Joshua

Lasharon, a Canaanite city whose king was defeated by Joshua (Joshua 12:18).

• A location only mentioned at Jos.12.18;
• only referred to as Lasharon שָׁרוֹן.
  

Lasharon is mentioned in Joshua 12:18 as one of the Canaanite cities whose kings were defeated by Joshua during the conquest of the Promised Land. The verse simply states, "the king of Lasharon, one," without providing any further details about the city or its exact location.

All entries for Lasharon: שָׁרוֹן