Word Study for H1776 (דִּימוֹנָה)

Dîymôwnâh /dee-mo-naw'/ Ask about this word

MeaningDimonah, a place in Palestine

KJV usageDimonah.

Word Study

In depth

A plain-language study of Dîymôwnâh — the range of meaning it carries, how Scripture actually uses it, and where it points. Written for readers who don’t know the original language.

Core Meaning & Semantic Range

The Hebrew word Dîymôwnâh, represented by H1776, identifies a specific place in Palestine. The term is defined as the feminine of דִּימוֹן and appears only 1 time across 1 unique verse in the Bible. Its use is strictly as a proper noun for the town of Dimonah.

Biblical Occurrences & Contextual Analysis

The sole biblical reference to H1776 is found in a list of cities in Joshua 15:22. In this verse, Dimonah is named as part of a list that also includes the places Kinah and Adadah. This single appearance serves to log its existence as a location within a specific geographical record.

Related Words & Concepts

The words that appear alongside Dimonah in its only scriptural mention provide its immediate context:

H7016 Qîynâh: Defined as Kinah, a place in Palestine. It is listed directly with Dimonah in the same verse Joshua 15:22.
H5735 ʻĂdʻâdâh: Defined as Adadah, a place in Palestine. It is also listed with Dimonah in Joshua 15:22.

Theological Significance

The term H1776 does not carry any theological or symbolic weight. Its significance is purely geographical and administrative.

Geographical Marker: The word's sole function is to name a specific town within a list of locations.
Absence of Narrative: The name Dimonah is not connected to any biblical narrative, parable, or doctrinal teaching.
Literal Naming: It is used only as a proper noun, without any metaphorical or abstract meaning attributed to it in the text.

Summary

In summary, H1776 Dîymôwnâh is a term with a singular and specific function. It is the proper name of a town, mentioned once in a geographical list in the book of Joshua. Its value lies not in symbolic meaning but in its precise contribution to the biblical record of places in ancient Palestine as documented in Joshua 15:22.

How the KJV Renders It

Translation

Strong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.

Grammatical Forms

Morphology

In the Hebrew Old Testament, this word appears as a noun across 1 occurrence, inflected in 1 grammatical form — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.

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Theographic Context

Context

The people, places, and span of history the verses containing this word touch on — drawn from the theographic tagging of Scripture. Select any name to isolate its verses in the occurrence list.

Biblical Distribution

Distribution

1 verse, all in Joshua — and none of the other 38 Old Testament books.

Every Occurrence

Concordance

Every verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.

Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.