Strong’s H1789 · Hebrew

דִּישָׁן
Dîyshân
dee-shawn'

Definition

Dishan, an Edomite

Etymology

another form of H1787 (דִּישׁוֹן)

Where the KJV renders it

  • Dishan
  • Dishon

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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