1776. Dimonah
Strong's Lexicon
Dimonah: Dimonah

Original Word: דִּימוֹנָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Diymownah
Pronunciation: dih-MO-nah
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-mo-naw')
Definition: Dimonah
Meaning: Dimonah

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning "to be dunghill" or "dung heap"

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Dimonah, as it is a specific Hebrew place name without a New Testament counterpart.

Usage: Dimonah is a town mentioned in the Old Testament, specifically in the context of the tribal allotments of Judah. It is listed among the cities in the southern part of the territory assigned to the tribe of Judah.

Cultural and Historical Background: Dimonah is one of the lesser-known towns in the biblical narrative, and its exact location is not definitively identified today. It is mentioned in the context of the division of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel, a significant event that marked the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding the land. The town's name, possibly meaning "dunghill," might reflect its geographical or agricultural characteristics during biblical times.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation, see also Dibon
Definition
a place in Judah
NASB Translation
Dimonah (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
דִּימוֺנָה proper name, of a location = דִּיבוֺן 2, q. v. above

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Dimonah

Feminine of Diymown; Dimonah, a place in Palestine -- Dimonah.

see HEBREW Diymown

Forms and Transliterations
וְדִֽימוֹנָ֖ה ודימונה vedimoNah wə·ḏî·mō·w·nāh wəḏîmōwnāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 15:22
HEB: וְקִינָ֥ה וְדִֽימוֹנָ֖ה וְעַדְעָדָֽה׃
NAS: and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah,
KJV: And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
INT: and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 1776
1 Occurrence


wə·ḏî·mō·w·nāh — 1 Occ.















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