Quick Definition
Dothan
Biblical Persons & Places
Dothan
Dothan
A location first mentioned at Gen.37.17;
only referred to as Dothan (דֹּתָן).
Strong's Definition
Dothan, a place in Palestine
Derivation: or (Aramaic dual) דֹּתַיִן; (Genesis 37:17), of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: Dothan. h
Outline of Biblical Usage
Dothan = "two wells"
1) a place in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
דֹּתָן (do.tan) — Dothan.
§ Dothan = "two wells" a place in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דֹּתָן n.pr.loc. in N. Israel, north of Samaria base