Strong H1769H1769Gדִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹן
Dibon
One of the 3 senses of Strong H1769
- Transliteration
- dîybôn dîybôn
- Pronunciation
- {dee-bone'} dee-bone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Dibon, also known as Dibon-gad, was a Moabite city allotted to the tribe of Gad, later repossessed by Moab.
Meaning of the name
Dibon = "wasting"
General definition
In the biblical story
Dibon
Moabite city, allotted to Gad, later possessed by Moab.
Dibon, also known as Dibon-gad, was a Moabite city allotted to the tribe of Gad, later repossessed by Moab.
In the Bible
Strong H1769G appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dibon8
First verses
- Numbers 21:30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
- Numbers 32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:34And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
- Joshua 13:9From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
- Joshua 13:17Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,
- Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
- Jeremiah 48:18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
- Jeremiah 48:22And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth–diblathaim,