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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עֶגְלֹון
עֶגְלֹון
H5700
Transliteration: ʻEglôwn
Pronunciation: eg-lawn'
Definition: Eglon
Original: עגלון Transliteration: ‛eglôn Phonetic: eg-lawn'
BDB Definition:
Eglon = "calf-like"- king of Moab who oppressed the children of Israel for 18 years before he was killed by the judge Ehud (noun proper masculine)
- a royal city in Canaan that opposed the conquest; located in the low lands of Judah (noun proper locative)