◄ 1835. Dan ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs דָּן proper name, masculine (judge) — 1 son of Jacob and Bilhah Genesis 30:6; Genesis 35:25; Exodus 1:4; Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:29; 1 Chronicles 2:2. 2 the tribe of Dan, מַטֵּה דָן Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:34; Exodus 38:23; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 1:39; Numbers 13:12; Joshua 21:5,23 (all P); בְּנֵי דָן Genesis 46:23; Numbers 1:38; Numbers 2:25; Numbers 7:66; Numbers 10:25; Numbers 26:42; Numbers 34:22; Joshua 19:40,47 (twice in verse); Joshua 19:48 (all P) Judges 1:34; Judges 18:2,16,22,23,25,26,30; מַחֲנֵה דָן Numbers 2:25,31 (P) — on Judges 13:25; Judges 18:12 see מַחֲנֶה; מִשְׁמְּחֹת דָּן Numbers 26:42 (P); דָּן alone in poetry Genesis 49:16,17; Deuteronomy 33:22 (twice in verse); Judges 5:17, elsewhere Numbers 1:12 (P) Deuteronomy 27:13; 1 Chronicles 27:22; 2Chron 2:13; Ezekiel 48:1,2,32. 3 a city on northern frontier of Israel at one of the sources of the Jordan, originally לַיִשׁ Judges 18:29 (compare Judges 18:7); = לֶשֶׁם Joshua 19:47; captured by a colony of Danites; named Dan, and made a sacred place with rites of worship that lasted until the exile (Judges 18:30); = Tell el Kâdî, RobBR iii. 351, 358 BdPa1 265. This place is frequently referred to: Genesis 14:14; Deuteronomy 34:1; 1 Kings 12:29,30; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 10:29; 2Chronicles 16:4; Jeremiah 4:15; Jeremiah 8:16; Amos 8:14; read also וּבְדָן for וְכֵן 2 Samuel 20:18 ᵐ5 Ew We compare Dr; and see the phrase מִדָּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2,15; 1 Kings 5:5; given by Chronicles מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2Chronicles 30:5. (Ezekiel 27:19 see ודן.) Note. — דָּ֫נָה יַעַן 2 Samuel 24:6. As no such place is known, the text is usually regarded as corrupt, and, ᵐ5 being uncertain, is variously changed: (1) דָּ֫נָה יַעַר to Dan in the wood, Thes after ᵑ9 silvestria. (2) (וַיָּסֹבּוּ) דָּ֫נָה וְעִיּוֺן to Dan and Ijon Klo (compare 1 Kings 15:20). (3) (סָֽבֲבוּ) דָּן וּמִדָּן We Dr compare ᵐ5. Forms and Transliterations בְּדָֽן׃ בדן׃ דָ֑ן דָ֔ן דָ֖ן דָ֛ן דָ֞ן דָ֠ן דָ֣ן ׀ דָּ֑ן דָּ֔ן דָּ֖ן דָּ֗ן דָּ֚ן דָּ֣ן דָּ֥ן דָּֽן׃ דָֽן׃ דָן֙ דן דן׃ וְדָ֕ן וְדָ֤ן וּלְדָ֣ן ודן ולדן לְדָ֕ן לְמִדָּן֙ לדן למדן מִדָּ֑ן מִדָּ֖ן מִדָּ֤ן מִדָּן֙ מדן bə·ḏān beDan bəḏān Dan dān ḏān lə·ḏān lə·mid·dān leDan ləḏān lemidDan ləmiddān mid·dān midDan middān ū·lə·ḏān uleDan ūləḏān veDan wə·ḏān wəḏān Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts