Strong's Hebrew · H1886

דֹּתָן

Dôthân · do'-thawn

Dothan. h

Definition

Dothan, a place in Palestine

Derivation

or (Aramaic dual) דֹּתַיִן; (Genesis 37:17), of uncertain derivation;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Genesis 37:17

“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 6:13

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,”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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