How to Pronounce Ijon

IGH-jon

Ijon is pronounced IGH-jon (ˈaɪdʒɑːn): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: EYE-jon.

What does Ijon mean?

Ijon means “look; eye; fountain”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Ijon?

A ruin, a city of Naphtali, captured by Ben-hadad of Syria at the instance of Asa (1 Kings 15:20), and afterwards by Tiglath-pileser of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29) in the reign of Pekah; now el-Khiam.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

EYE-jon

Found in Scripture

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