BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1769
di.von — Dibon
§ 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
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1775
di.mon — Dibon
Dimon = "river bed" or "silence" a town in Moab Another spelling of di.von (דִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹן "Dibon" H1769)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa. 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See Moabite Stone.) (2.) A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the Captivity (Neh. 11:25); called also Dimonah (Josh. 15:22). It is probably the modern ed-Dheib.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
