DileanSmith's Dictionary(gourd), one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah. (Joshua 15:38) It has not been identified with certainty.International Standard Bible Encyclopediadil'-e-an (dil`an, "cucumber"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Migdal-gad and Mizpeh (Jos 15:38, the English Revised Version "Dilan"), which lay probably on the North of Lachish and Eglon. It has not been identified.