Dibon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Dibon
     pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also
     Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa.
     15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3
     miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See
     Moabite Stone.)


     
       (2.) A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the
     Captivity (Neh. 11:25); called also Dimonah (Josh. 15:22). It is
     probably the modern ed-Dheib.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Dibon, abundance of knowledge