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Dishan

דִּישֹׁןStrong’s H1789

dishon (di-shon)

Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Dishon is the Hebrew word usually translated “dishan”. It appears in 5 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. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.21
How it's translated
  • dishan 3
  • and dishan 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 4
  • 1 Chronicles 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

דִּישֹׁן dishon · Dishan

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), Dishon (H1787), Ezer (H0687) and Timna (H8555H); father of: Uz (H5780I), Aran (H0765) Another spelling of di.shan (דִּישָׁן "Dishan" H1789) § Dishon = "thresher" 1) the fifth son of Seir 2) the son of Anah and grandson of Seir

דִּישָׁן dishan · Dishan

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), Dishon (H1787), Ezer (H0687) and Timna (H8555H); father of: Uz (H5780I), Aran (H0765) Also named: di.shon (דִּישֹׁן "Dishan" H1787I) § Dishan or Dishon = "thresher" the fifth son 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.