Dibon — the meaning of the Hebrew name דִּיבוֹן

דִּיבוֹן

Dîybôwn · pronounced dee-bome' · Strong's H1769 · a place

Dibon means pining:—.

Built from

דּוּב dûwb (from, H1727) — to mope, i.e. (figuratively) pine open in the lexicon ›

גָּד Gâd (with, H1410) — Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or (shortened) דִּיבֹן; from H1727; pining:—; Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine.

First appearance

Num 21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. (KJV)

Every verse that names Dibon

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Numbers, Joshua, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah

Num 21:30Num 32:3Num 32:34Num 33:45Num 33:46Josh 13:9Josh 13:17Neh 11:25Isa 15:2Jer 48:18Jer 48:22

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