Lexical Definition

‎דִּישָׁן‎ Dîyshân (dee-shawn') Dishan ^N:N-M-P
another form of ‎דִּישׁוֹן‎

Dishan, Dishon.

• § Dishan or Dishon = "thresher"
• Dishan, an Edomite

1) the fifth son of Seir

Extended Information

spelling of: דִּישׁוֹן

• 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), Ezer (אֶצֶר), Dishan (דִּישָׁן) and Timna (תִּמְנָע)
• father of: Hemdan (חֶמְדָּן), Eshban (אֶשְׁבָּן), Ithran (יִתְרָן), Cheran (כְּרָן)
• Another spelling of di.shon (‎ד‎ִּ‎יש‎ֹׁ‎ן‎ "Dishon" דִּישׁוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דִּישָׁן‎ proper name, masculine a son of Seir ‎דִּישָׁ֑ן‎ Gen 36:21 (ᵐ5 Ῥισών; so vGen 36:28 vGen 36:30 compare Di) 1Chr 1:38 (1Chr 1:42 read ‎דִּישׁוֺן‎ q. v.) Gen 36:26 (read ‎דִּישׁוֺן‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Ol Di) vGen 36:30 ‎דִּישָׁ֖ן‎ Gen 36:28.

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