Bible Person
Meaning: a threshing · Male · 5 cross references
Dishan is one of the Horite sons of Seir and the head of an Edomite-related clan. He belongs to the genealogical traditions that map the peoples of Seir before and around Esau's settlement. First appears in Gen 36:21.1
AI summary: Dishan matters because the cross references preserve another branch of the Horite families tied to Seir. His descendants and siblings help form the web of regional clans that the Bible uses to situate Edom's environment and ancestry. Such entries are not narrative highlights, but they are part of Scripture's careful geographical and genealogical memory. Taken together, the material presents Dishan as a Horite clan ancestor within the wider landscape around Edom.1
Central Figure
Dishan
Meaning: a threshing
Antelope, the youngest son of Seir the Horite, head of one of the tribes of Idumaea (Gen.
Antelope, the youngest son of Seir the Horite, head of one of the tribes of Idumaea (Gen. 36:21, 28, 30). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.