Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Dibon

Name meaningabundance of knowledge

1.

Pining; wasting.

2.

A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa. 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea.

3.

A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the Captivity (Neh. 11:25); called also Dimonah (Josh. 15:22). It is probably the modern ed-Dheib.

Dibon in Nave’s Topical Bible12 references, arranged by theme

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