Jaan
יַעַןStrong’s H5859dan yaan (dan ya-an)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dan yaan is the Hebrew word usually translated “ijon”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.”
Meaning
- Dan-jaan = "purposeful judgment"
How it's translated
- ijon 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 16:4And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
Hebrew dictionary
יַעַן dan yaan · Jaan
Dan-jaan = "purposeful judgment" a place in Palestine and existence perhaps doubtful Another name of iy.yon (עִיּוֹן "Ijon" H5859)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.