דֹּתָןDôthân
proper name [of a location]: in Northern Israel, north of Samaria (Genesis 37:17; 2 Kings 6:13)
Pronunciation: do'-thawn · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1886
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 37:17 “Yes,” the man told him. “They have moved on from here, but I heard them say, ‘Let’s go on to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.
- 2 Kings 6:13 “Go and find out where he is,” the king commanded, “so I can send troops to seize him.” And the report came back: “Elisha is at Dothan.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).