Every Name in Tanakh

דִּישָׁן Dishan

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 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.

PersonGematria 364×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Edomite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:21 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:38.

Genesis 36:21בראשית לו:כא

וְדִשׁוֹן וְאֵצֶר וְדִישָׁן אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי הַחֹרִי בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדֽוֹם

and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

Genesis 36:26בראשית לו:כו

וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי דִישָׁן חֶמְדָּן וְאֶשְׁבָּן וְיִתְרָן וּכְרָֽן

And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

Genesis 36:30בראשית לו:ל

אַלּוּף דִּשֹׁן אַלּוּף אֵצֶר אַלּוּף דִּישָׁן אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי הַחֹרִי לְאַלֻּפֵיהֶם בְּאֶרֶץ שֵׂעִֽיר

the chief of Dishon, the chief of Ezer, the chief of Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

1 Chronicles 1:38דברי הימים א א:לח

וּבְנֵי שֵׂעִיר לוֹטָן וְשׁוֹבָל וְצִבְעוֹן וַֽעֲנָה וְדִישֹׁן וְאֵצֶר וְדִישָֽׁן

And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Dishan?

Dishan — דישן in Hebrew — has a gematria of 364 in the standard method.

How many times is Dishan named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Genesis 36:21.

A spelling is not a name. The written word דישן stands 3 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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