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Sharon

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Type Region
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Scripts שָׁרוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Means "plain" in Hebrew, referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel.

Categories

cities in Massachusetts, cities in Pennsylvania

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8289, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8289.
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Entry updated October 6, 2024

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