דָּןDân
proper name, masculine: judge
Pronunciation: dawn · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1835
Meanings
2. the tribe of Dan (Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:34; Exodus 38:23)
3. a city on northern frontier of Israel at one of the sources of the Jordan, originally לַיִשׁ (Judges 18:29; Judges 18:7; Joshua 19:47)
Same root
- דִּיןdîyn · H1777a straight course, i.e. sail direct
- דָּנִיDânîy · H1839a Danite (often collectively) or descendants (or inhabitants) of Dan
- דָנִיֵּאלDânîyêʼl · H1840Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites
- דָּן יַעַןDân Yaʻan · H1842Dan-Jaan, a place in Palestine
- מַחֲנֵה־דָןMachănêh-Dân · H4265Machaneh-Dan, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 70 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:14 When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer’s army until he caught up with them at Dan.
- Genesis 30:6 Rachel named him Dan, for she said, “God has vindicated me! He has heard my request and given me a son.”
- Genesis 35:25 The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
- Genesis 46:23 The son of Dan was Hushim.
- Genesis 49:16 “Dan will govern his people, like any other tribe in Israel.
- Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse’s hooves so its rider is thrown off.
See every passage
- Genesis 14:14, 30:6, 35:25, 46:23, 49:16, 49:17
- Exodus 1:4, 31:6, 35:34, 38:23
- Leviticus 24:11
- Numbers 1:12, 1:38, 1:39, 2:25, 2:31, 7:66, 10:25, 13:12, 26:42, 34:22
- Deuteronomy 27:13, 33:22, 34:1
- Joshua 19:40, 19:47, 19:48, 21:5, 21:23
- Judges 1:34, 5:17, 18:2, 18:16, 18:22, 18:23, 18:25, 18:26, 18:29, 18:30, 20:1
- 1 Samuel 3:20
- 2 Samuel 3:10, 17:11, 24:2, 24:6, 24:15
- 1 Kings 4:25, 12:29, 12:30, 15:20
- 2 Kings 10:29
- 1 Chronicles 2:2, 21:2, 27:22
- 2 Chronicles 2:14, 16:4, 30:5
- Jeremiah 4:15, 8:16
- Ezekiel 48:1, 48:2, 48:32
- Amos 8:14
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).