Quick Definition
Dibon
Biblical Persons & Places
Dibon
Dibon_2= near Adadah (Adadah@Jos.15.22=H5735)
A location near Adadah only mentioned at Neh.11.25;
only referred to as Dibon (דִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹן).
Dibon
Dibon_1
A location first mentioned at Num.21.30;
referred to as Dibon (דִּיבֹן), or Dibon (דִּימוֹן), or Dibon/-gad (NIV= Dibon Gad) (דִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹן גָּד).
Strong's Definition
Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine
Derivation: or (shortened) דִּיבֹן; from H1727 (דּוּב); pining
KJV Usage: Dibon. (Also, with H1410 (גָּד) added, Dibon-gad.)
Outline of Biblical Usage
Dibon = "wasting"
1) a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad
2) a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Dibon = "wasting"
a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דִּיבֹן / דִּיבוֹן
ý̂ybôn
BDB Definition:
Dibon = wasting
1) a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad
2) a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1727
Total KJV Occurrences: 11