Bible dictionaries

Dilean

What Bible dictionaries say about “Dilean”, one article after the other.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

dil'-e-an (dil`an, "cucumber"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Migdal-gad and Mizpeh (Jos 15:38, the English Revised Version "Dilan"), which lay probably on the North of Lachish and Eglon. It has not been identified.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(gourd), one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah. (Joshua 15:38) It has not been identified with certainty.

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith