Lexical Definition

‎דִּיבוֹן‎ Dîybôwn (dee-bome') Dibon ^N:N--L
or (shortened) דִּיבֹן Dîybôn (dee-bone'); from ‎דּוּב‎; pining

Dibon. (Also, with ‎גָּד‎ added, Dibon-gad.)

• § Dibon = "wasting"
• Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine

1) a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad
2) a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

Extended Information

• a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: דִּימוֹן | דִּימוֹנָה

‎דִּיבֹן‎, ‎דִּיבוֺן‎ proper name, of a location —

1. city in Moab (MI^{21; 28} ‎דיבן‎, compare ib.¹ adjective, of a people ‎הדיבני‎) — ‎דִּיבֹן‎ Num 21:30; Num 32:3; Num 32:34 (built up or at by Gad) Isa 15:2 in territory of Gad, hence ‎דִּיבֹן גָּד֑‎ Num 33:45; Num 33:46 (compare on these verses & Num 32:34 MI^{10 f.}); also ‎דִּיבוֺן‎ Josh 13:9; Josh 13:17; Jer 48:22 ‎ישֶׁבֶת בַּת דִּיבוֺן‎ Jer 48:18 = ‎דִּימוֺן‎ Isa 15:9, see also ‎מֵי דִימוֺן‎ vIsa 15:9 = Arnon, compare Che & Hpt^{ZA 1887, 268}; — modern Dîbân, north of Arnon, compare Seetzen^{:Reisen i. 409} Tristr^{Land of Moab 132 ff.} Bd^{Pal 193}.

2. ‎דִּיבֹן‎ Neh 11:25 place in Judah, toward south = ‎דִּימוֺנָה‎ Josh 15:22, compare Hpt^l.c.; conjectures by Kn Ke (compare Di) to be Tell ed Dheib (van de Velde^{Mem. 252}) called also Ehdeib (Rob^{BR ii. 102}).

‎דִּיג‎, ‎דַּיָּג‎ see below ‎דגה‎.‎דַּיָּה‎ see below ‎דאה‎. ‎דְּיוֺ‎ see below ‎דוה‎.

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Dibon_2 • A city in Judah, inhabited by the tribe of Judah.

Dibon, a city in Judah, was inhabited by the tribe of Judah after the Babylonian exile (Nehemiah 11:25).

• A location near Adadah עֲדְעָדָה only mentioned at Neh.11.25;
• only referred to as Dibon דִּיבוֹן.
  

Dibon is mentioned in Nehemiah 11:25 as one of the cities in Judah inhabited by the people of Judah after their return from Babylonian exile. This Dibon is distinct from the Dibon located in Moab. The exact location of this Judean Dibon is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the Negev region, south of Jerusalem. As part of the resettlement efforts after the exile, Dibon was one of the cities reoccupied by the returning Judahites as they sought to re-establish their presence in the land.

All entries for Dibon: דִּיבוֹן