Den
גֹּבStrong’s H1358gov
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gov is the Aramaic word usually translated “den the” and “den of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.”
Meaning
- Pit, den (of lions)
How it's translated
- den the 4
- to den the 3
- to den of 2
- and to den of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 8
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 6:12In contextThen they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 6:16In contextThen the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
- Daniel 6:17In contextAnd a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
- Daniel 6:19In contextThen the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
- Daniel 6:20In contextAnd when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
- Daniel 6:23In contextThen was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Aramaic dictionary
גֹּב gov · den
pit, den (of lions)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “den” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEN, noun
- A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous recess, used for concealment, shelter, protection or security; as a lions den; a den of robbers or thieves.
- As a termination, in names of places, it denotes the place to be in a valley or near a wood.
All definitions and other forms of “den”
DEN, verb intransitive
To dwell as in a den
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.