Lexical Definition

‎דִּישׁוֹן‎ Dîyshôwn (dee-shone') Dishon ^N:N-M-P
(Diyshon, the same as ‎דִּישֹׁן‎

Dishon.

• § Dishon = "thresher"
• Dishon, the name of two Edomites

1) the fifth son of Seir
2) the son of Anah and grandson of Seir

Extended Information

spelling of: דִּישָׁן

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.21
• son of: Seir (שֵׂעִיר)
• brother of: Lotan (לוֹטָן), Shobal (שׁוֹבָל), Zibeon (צִבְעוֹן), Anah (עֲנָה), Dishon (דִּישׁוֹן), Ezer (אֶצֶר) and Timna (תִּמְנָע)
• father of: Uz (עוּץ), Aran (אֲרָן)
• Another spelling of di.shan (‎ד‎ִּ‎יש‎ָׁ‎ן‎ "Dishan" דִּישָׁן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎דִּישֹׁן‎

proper name, masculine 1. a son of Seir ‎דִּשׁוֺן‎ Gen 36:21 = ‎דִּישֹׁן‎ 1Chr 1:38

2. a son of Anah & grandson of Seir ‎דִּשֹׁ֑ן‎ Gen 36:25 compare vGen 36:30 so also vGen 36:26 (for ‎דִּישָׁן‎ q. v.) = ‎דִּישׁוֺן‎ 1Chr 1:41 (twice in verse); 1Chr 1:42, compare also following

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