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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Sharon
Thompson Chain Reference
• Sharon
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Sharon
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Sharon
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Sharon, Saron
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Sharon
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Sharon, Plain of
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Sharon
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Sharon
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Sharon
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Sharon
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Sharon
People's Bible Dictionary
• Sharon
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Sharon
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Sharon
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Sharon
• Sharon Turner
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Sharon
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Sharon
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Sharon
• Sheddan, Samuel Sharon, D.D.
• Turner, Sharon
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Sharon
• Turner, Sharon
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Sharon
Lexicons
• Ἀσσάρων , Σαρών
• לַשָּׁרוֹן , שָׁרוֹן

Sharon (shâr'on), the plain. 1. A district in Palestine lying upon the seacoast. It extended from Joppa to Cæsarea (whence it is frequently in Scripture coupled with Carmel), and from the central hills to the Mediterranean. It was a region well adapted for pasture, 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 65:10, very fertile, Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 35:2, and celebrated for its roses. Song of Solomon 2:1. Its locality is further indicated as being in the neighborhood of Lydda, Acts 9:35, where it is called Saron, A. V., but Sharon in R. V.