Bible Names

Dishon: meaning of the name

Dishon means “fatness; ashes.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Dishon in Hebrew and Greek

דִּישׁוֹן H1787

Dîyshôwn (dee-shone') — Dishon, the name of two Edomites

(Diyshon, the same as H1788 (דִּישֹׁן);

דִּישָׁן H1789

Dîyshân (dee-shawn') — Dishan, an Edomite

another form of H1787 (דִּישׁוֹן)

People named Dishon in the Bible

Dishon in Scripture

“Dishon” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 36:21

    And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • Genesis 36:25

    And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

  • Genesis 36:26

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

  • Genesis 36:30

    Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:38

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

  • 1 Chronicles 1:41

    The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.