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דִּיבוֹן Dibon

Every verse in which this name stands — 11 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 72×11 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for three places in Palestine. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 21:30 and last at Nehemiah 11:25.

Numbers 21:30במדבר כא:ל

וַנִּירָם אָבַד חֶשְׁבּוֹן עַד־דִּיבוֹן וַנַּשִּׁים עַד־נֹפַח אֲשֶׁרׄ עַד־מֵֽידְבָֽא

We have shot at them—Heshbon is perished—even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba.

Numbers 32:3במדבר לב:ג

עֲטָרוֹת וְדִיבֹן וְיַעְזֵר וְנִמְרָה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְאֶלְעָלֵה וּשְׂבָם וּנְבוֹ וּבְעֹֽן

’Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Numbers 32:34במדבר לב:לד

וַיִּבְנוּ בְנֵי־גָד אֶת־דִּיבֹן וְאֶת־עֲטָרֹת וְאֵת עֲרֹעֵֽר

And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;

Numbers 33:45במדבר לג:מה

וַיִּסְעוּ מֵעִיִּים וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּדִיבֹן גָּֽד

And they journeyed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.

Numbers 33:46במדבר לג:מו

וַיִּסְעוּ מִדִּיבֹן גָּד וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּעַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָֽיְמָה

And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and pitched in Almon-diblathaim.

Joshua 13:9יהושע יג:ט

מֵעֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנוֹן וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַנַּחַל וְכָל־הַמִּישֹׁר מֵידְבָא עַד־דִּיבֽוֹן

from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land from Medeba unto Dibon;

Joshua 13:17יהושע יג:יז

חֶשְׁבּוֹן וְכָל־עָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּישֹׁר דִּיבוֹן וּבָמוֹת בַּעַל וּבֵית בַּעַל מְעֽוֹן

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;

Isaiah 15:2ישעיהו טו:ב

עָלָה הַבַּיִת וְדִיבֹן הַבָּמוֹת לְבֶכִי עַל־נְבוֹ וְעַל מֵֽידְבָא מוֹאָב יְיֵלִיל בְּכָל־רֹאשָׁיו קָרְחָה כָּל־זָקָן גְּרוּעָֽה

He is gone up to Baith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; upon Nebo, and upon Medeba, Moab howleth; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is shaven.

Jeremiah 48:18ירמיהו מח:יח

רְדִי מִכָּבוֹד ישבי בַצָּמָא יֹשֶׁבֶת בַּת־דִּיבוֹן כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵד מוֹאָב עָלָה בָךְ שִׁחֵת מִבְצָרָֽיִךְ

O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, He hath destroyed thy strongholds.

Jeremiah 48:22ירמיהו מח:כב

וְעַל־דִּיבוֹן וְעַל־נְבוֹ וְעַל־בֵּית דִּבְלָתָֽיִם

and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim;

Nehemiah 11:25נחמיה יא:כה

וְאֶל־הַחֲצֵרִים בִּשְׂדֹתָם מִבְּנֵי יְהוּדָה יָֽשְׁבוּ בְּקִרְיַת הָֽאַרְבַּע וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וּבְדִיבֹן וּבְנֹתֶיהָ וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵל וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Dibon?

Dibon — דיבון in Hebrew — has a gematria of 72 in the standard method.

How many times is Dibon named in the Tanakh?

11 times, first at Numbers 21:30.

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