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Dishon

דִּישֹׁןStrong’s H1787

dishon (di-shon)

Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Dishon is the Hebrew word usually translated “dishon”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.”
Genesis 36:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. The fifth son of Seir
  2. The son of Anah and grandson of Seir
  3. The fifth son of Seir
  4. The son of Anah and grandson of Seir
How it's translated
  • dishon 5
  • and dishon 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 3
  • 1 Chronicles 3

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

דִּישֹׁן dishon · Dishon

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.21; 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 Seir 2) the son of Anah and grandson of Seir

דִּישֹׁן dishon · Dishon

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.25; son of: Anah (H6034H); brother of: Oholibamah (H0173H) § Dishon = "thresher" 1) the fifth son of Seir 2) the son of Anah and grandson of Seir

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.