Dalphon
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DALPHON (PERSON) [Heb dalpôn (דַּלְפֹּון)]. One of the ten sons of Haman (Esth 9:7). On problems surrounding the list of names see ADALIA (PERSON). The etymology of Dalphon (LXX delpōn, A-Text adelphon—due to inner Greek corruption, so Tov 1982: 5) remains unclear (Paton Esther ICC, 70 and Gehman 1924 offer some possibilities).
Bibliography
Gehman, H. S. 1924. Notes on the Persian Words in Esther. JBL 43: 321–28.
Tov, E. 1982. The “Lucianic” Text of the Canonical and Apocryphal Sections of Esther. A Rewritten Biblical Book. Textus 10: 1–25.
Peter Bedford
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (2:5). New York: Doubleday.
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DALPHON Haman’s son killed by the Jews in the aftermath of the plot against Mordecai (Est 9:7).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (345). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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DAL´PHON (dalʹfon). The second of the ten sons of Haman, killed by the Jews on the thirteenth of Adar (Esther 9:7).
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Dalphon (Heb. dalp̱ôn)
One of the 10 sons of Haman executed for trying to kill all the Jews in Persia (Esth. 9:7).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (308). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
