Word Study · Strong's H1769 · Hebrew
דִּיבוֹן
Dibon
dee-bome'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Dîybôwn
“Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Dibon. (Also, with H1410 (גָּד) added, Dibon-gad.)
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- דִּיב֑וֹן2
- בְּדִיבֹ֥ן1
- דִּיבוֹן֙1
- דִּיב֣וֹן1
- דִּיבֽוֹן׃1
- דִּיבֹ֖ן1
- וּבְדִיבֹן֙1
- וְדִיבֹן֙1
- וְדִיבֹ֛ן1
- מִדִּיבֹ֣ן1
How it is rendered · 5
- Dibon6
- and Dibon2
- and in Dibon1
- at Dibon-1
- from Dibon-1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 6
- HC/Npl · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Numbers5 occurrences
- Numbers 21:30דִּיב֑וֹןdivonproper noun (a name)But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”here: Dibon
- Numbers 32:3וְדִיבֹן֙vedivonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,here: and Dibon
- Numbers 32:34דִּיבֹ֖ןdivonproper noun (a name)And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,here: Dibon
- Numbers 33:45בְּדִיבֹ֥ןbedivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.here: at Dibon-
- Numbers 33:46מִדִּיבֹ֣ןmidivonpreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.here: from Dibon-
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 13:9דִּיבֽוֹן׃divonproper noun (a name)The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,here: Dibon
- Joshua 13:17דִּיבוֹן֙divonproper noun (a name)to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,here: Dibon
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 48:18דִּיב֑וֹןdivonproper noun (a name)Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.here: Dibon
- Jeremiah 48:22דִּיב֣וֹןdivonproper noun (a name)upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,here: Dibon