Dotan דֹּתָן
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| דֹּתָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dotan |
| Strong's number | H1886 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Dothan |
| Occurrences | 3 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Dotan (Hebrew דֹּתָן, Strong's H1886) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Dothan”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
§ Dothan = "two wells"
a place in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha
a place in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dothan (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | dothan (2), elisha is in dothan (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Dotan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 37:17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 6:13And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).