Lexicon :: Strong's H1788 - dîšôn

דִּישׁוֹן
Transliteration
dîšôn
Pronunciation
dee-shone'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From דּוּשׁ (H1758)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 419c

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: דישון (Gesenius) דישן (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

דִּישֹׁן dîyshôn, dee-shone'; from H1758; the leaper, i.e. an antelope:—pygarg.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H1788 in the following manner: pygarg (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H1788 in the following manner: pygarg (1x).

  1. a clean animal,

    1. pygarg, a kind of antelope or gazelle

    2. perhaps mountain goat

    3. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דִּישֹׁן dîyshôn, dee-shone'; from H1758; the leaper, i.e. an antelope:—pygarg.
STRONGS H1788: Abbreviations
† I. דִּישֹׁן noun [masculine] a clean animal, πύγαργος compare ; hence AV RV & most pygarg, a kind of antelope or gazelle, compare Di Leviticus 11:2f.; perhaps rather mountain-goat, HomNS 391 compare Ethiopic version; only Deuteronomy 14:5 — (Homl.c. derives from √ דושׁ with kindred meaning of spring, leap & compare Assyrian daššu; so already DlS i. 54).
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Leviticus

11:2

Deuteronomy

14:5