Bible Dictionary

Pinon

(darkness), one of the “dukes” of Edom,—that is, head or founder of a tribe of that nation. (Genesis 38:41; 1 Chronicles 1:52)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(darkness), one of the “dukes” of Edom,—that is, head or founder of a tribe of that nation.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

PI'NON (darkness), one of the dukes of Edom. Gen 36:41; 1 Chr 1:52. His tribe was settled, according to later traditions, at Punon, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

pearl; gem; that beholds