דִּיבוֹן

Strong’s Definition

Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

or (shortened) דִּיבֹן; from H1727 (דּוּב); pining

KJV Usage

Dibon. (Also, with H1410 (גָּד) added, Dibon-gad.)

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Dîybôwn; Pronunciation: dee-bome'