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Strong's #1886: Dothan (pronounced do'-thawn)

or (Aramaic dual) Dothayin (Gen. 37:17) {do- thah'-yin}; of uncertain derivation; Dothan, a place in Palestine:--Dothan.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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dôthân / dôthayin

Dothan = "two wells"

1) a place in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: of uncertain derivation



Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Genesis 37:17: "for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after"
Genesis 37:17: "went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan."
2 Kings 6:13: "him. And it was told Behold, he is in Dothan."









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