Toponym Dibon in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: abundance of knowledge. Related names are: Medeba, Heshbon, Nebo . The translations of Dibon in 19 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. (NUM 21:30)
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (NUM 32:3)
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (NUM 32:34)
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. (NUM 33:45)
And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. (NUM 33:46)
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; (JOS 13:9)
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, (JOS 13:17)
And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, (NEH 11:25)
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. (ISA 15:2)
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. (JER 48:18)
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, (JER 48:22)