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.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Dilean
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.