a-ro'-na ('arawnah,2Sa 24:16,20ff; 'aranyah2Sa 24:18, and 'ornan,1Ch 21:15ff;2Ch 3:1, all from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong"): A Jebusite from whom David at the request of the prophet Gad bought a threshing-floor located upon Mt. Moriah, as a site for an altar of the Lord at the time of the great plague (2Sa 24:15 ff;1Ch 21:15ff), upon which Solomon later erected the temple (2Ch 3:1).
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.