Dibon @ pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab Numbers:21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon Isaiah:15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See Moabite Stone.) (2.) A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the Captivity Nehemiah:11:25); called also Dimonah Joshua:15:22). It is probably the modern ed-Dheib.
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