Word Study · Strong's H1789 · Hebrew
דִּישָׁן
Dishan
dee-shawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Dîyshân
“Dishan, an Edomite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Dishan, an Edomite
Rendered in the KJV as
Dishan, Dishon.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- דִישָׁ֑ן1
- דִישָׁ֖ן1
- דִּישָׁ֑ן1
- וְדִישָׁ֑ן1
- וְדִישָֽׁן׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Dishan3
- and Dishan2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpm · 3
- HC/Npm · 2
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Where this word lives
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Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 36:21וְדִישָׁ֑ןvedishanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.here: and Dishan
- Genesis 36:26דִישָׁ֑ןdishanproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.here: Dishan
- Genesis 36:28דִישָׁ֖ןdishanproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.here: Dishan
- Genesis 36:30דִּישָׁ֑ןdishanproper noun (a name)Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.here: Dishan