Dan
דָּןStrong’s H1835dan
Appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dan is the Hebrew word usually translated “dan”, “from dan” and “dan towards”. It appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.”
Meaning
- The territory of the tribe of Dan 2) a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine
- The 5th son of Jacob, the 1st of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid
- The tribe descended from Dan, the son of Jacob
- A city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine
How it's translated
- dan 53
- from dan 9
- for dan 2
- in dan 2
- and of dan 1
- and dan 1
- dan towards 1
- o dan 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 11
- Numbers 10
- Genesis 6
- Joshua 5
- 2 Samuel 5
- Exodus 4
16 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 30:6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
- Genesis 35:25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
- Genesis 46:23And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
- Genesis 49:16Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
- Genesis 49:17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Exodus 1:4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
All 63 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
דָּן dan · Dan
§ Dan = "a judge" 1) the territory of the tribe of Dan 2) a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine
דָּן dan · Dan
A man of the tribe of Dan living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.6; son of: Israel (H3478) and Bilhah (H1090A); brother of: Naphtali (H5321); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Hushim (H2366B) § Dan = "a judge" 1) the 5th son of Jacob, the 1st of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid 2) the tribe descended from Dan, the son of Jacob 3) a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dan” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DAN, noun
A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakspeare, Prior, etc., but now obsolete.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.