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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ALIAN.A descendant of Esau (1Ch_1:40); called in Gen_36:23 Alvan.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ali'an. See Alvan.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-lı̄?an (עלין, ‛alyān): A descendant of Esau, and son of Shobal (1Ch_1:40). In the corresponding earlier genealogy (Gen_36:23) the same person is given as Alvan (עלון, ‛alwān), the change of the third consonant being a simple one, common to Hebrew, occurring similarly in Aliah (which see). Alian is not to be identified with Aliah, since the groups of names in which these occur are quite different, and the context in each case is not the same.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Alian
a less correct form (1Ch_1:40) of the name ALVAN SEE ALVAN (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.