Punon
(Heb. Punon’, , darkness [Gesenius], ore-pit [Fiirst]; Sept. v. r. ), a camp station of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan (Num 33:42), on the east side of the mountains of Edom, and perhaps belonging to that district, since a duke Pinon is mentioned (Gen 36:41; 1Ch 1:52) among the chieftains of the Edomites. It lay next beyond Zalmonah, between it and Oboth, and three days’ journey from the mountains of Abarim, which formed the boundary of Moab. By Enusebius and Jerome (Onomasticon, , Fenon) it is identified with Pinon, the seat of the Edomitish tribe of that name, and, further, with Phoeno, which contained the copper-mines so noted at that period, and was situated between Petra and Zoar; It is often mentioned by other Christian authors (see Gesenius, Thesaur. p. 1095). It is not to be identified with the modern Tufileh (Burckhardt, 2, 677; see Raumer, Zug der Israel, p. 46); but on the Kalaat Phenan of Seetzen (Zach’s Monatl. Corresp. 17:137) we must await more particular intelligence. SEE EXODE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Punon
(See PINON.) Gen 36:41. An Edomite ducal city; the Phoeno of Eusebius and Jerome, the penal abode of convicts sent to labour in the neighbouring copper mines. The Septuagint have Finon. Between Petra and Zoar, probably near the Roman road between them. Seetzen heard of a ruined castle, Fenan (3:17). Phoeno probably lay E. of, not within, Edom; as the Roman road is much to the right of the direct line of march. Punon may coincide with Kala’at Aneizeh, between el Ahsa (Oboth) and Ma’an (Num 33:42). Israel’s second last stage before reaching the plains of Moab.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Punon
PUNON.A station of the Israelites (Num 33:42-43). Cf. also art. Pinon.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Punon
A place were Israel pitched in the wilderness, between Petra and Segor, Some have thought that it was here Moses set up the brazen serpent, Num 21:9 and Num 33:42. The name Punon means precious stone.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Punon
punon (, punon): A desert camp of the Israelites, the second after leaving Mt. Hor (Num 33:42, Num 33:43). Eusebius (Onom 299 85; 123 9) mentions an Idumean village, North of Petra, in the desert, where convicts were mining copper, called Phinon or Phainon. These are doubtless identical. See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Punon
Punon, one of the stations of the Israelites in the desert [WANDERING].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Punon
[Pu’non]
One of the later halting places of the Israelites. Num 33:42-43.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Punon
H6325
A city of Edom, a camping ground of the Israelites, in their forty years’ wandering.
Num 33:42-43
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Punon
Pu’non. (darkness). One of the halting-places, of the Israelite host, during the last portion of the wandering. Num 33:42-43. By Eusebius and Jerome, it is identified with Phaeno, which contained the copper-mines, so well known at that period, and was situated between Petra and Zoar.