Definition

Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine

Etymology

or (shortened) דִּיבֹן; from H1727 (דּוּב); pining

Where the KJV renders it

• Dibon. (Also
• with H1410 (גָּד) added
• Dibon-gad.)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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