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HebrewH1787Proper Noun (Masculine)

דִּישֹׁן

di.shon

6Occurrences
H1787Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Dishon, the name of two Edomites

(Diyshon, the same as H1788 (דִּישֹׁן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Seir (H8165B); brother of: Lotan (H3877), Shobal (H7732), Zibeon (H6649H), Anah (H6034H), Ezer (H0687), Dishan (H1789) and Timna (H8555H); father of: Hemdan (H2533), Eshban (H0790), Ithran (H3506), Cheran (H3763) Also named: di.shan (*דִּישָׁן *"Dishon" H1789H) § Dishon = "thresher" 1) the fifth son of ) the son of Anah and grandson of Seir

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

דִּישֹׁן appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
Genesis
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:38BSB

The sons of Seir:Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

1 Chronicles 1:41BSB

The son of Anah: Dishon.The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

1 Chronicles 1:42BSB

The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Genesis 36:21BSB

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

Genesis 36:25BSB

These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.