Dan (71 Occurrences)

◄ Dan ►

Jump to: Hitchcock's • Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Subtopics • Terms

Bible Concordance

Genesis 14:14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 35:25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 46:23 The son of Dan: Hushim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:16 "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 1:4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 31:6 I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:34 He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:23 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 24:11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 1:12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 1:38 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 1:39 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 2:25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 2:31 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 10:25 The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 27:13 These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:22 Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 34:1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 19:40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 19:47 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 21:5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 21:23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 1:34 The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; of Abednego. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:17 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 13:25 The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:2 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land!" They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:11 There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:12 They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:16 The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:23 They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What ails you, that you come with such a company?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:25 The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:26 The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 18:30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 3:20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 3:10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 17:11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 20:18 Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end? (BBE)

2 Samuel 24:2 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:15 So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 4:25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 12:29 He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 12:30 This thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 15:20 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 10:29 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 6:61 And to the rest of the sons of Kohath there were given by the Lord's decision ten towns out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh. (BBE DBY NIV)

1 Chronicles 7:12 And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one. (BBE NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:2 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 27:21 of the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner; of Dan, Azareel son of Jeroham: (YLT)

1 Chronicles 27:22 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 16:4 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:15 For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 27:19 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:2 By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:32 At the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 8:14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say,'As your god, Dan, lives;' and,'As the way of Beersheba lives;' they will fall, and never rise up again." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus

Dan (71 Occurrences)
... The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, "Dan shall judge his people"
(49:16), probably in allusion to the judgeship of Samson, who was of the tribe ...
/d/dan.htm - 41k

Mahaneh-dan (2 Occurrences)
Mahaneh-dan. << Mahanehdan, Mahaneh-dan. Ma'haneh-dan >>. Easton's Bible
Dictionary Judges 18:12 = "camp of Dan" 13:25 (RV, "Mahaneh ...
/m/mahaneh-dan.htm - 9k

Dan-jaan (1 Occurrence)
Dan-jaan. << Danjaan, Dan-jaan. Dannah >>. Easton's Bible Dictionary Woodland
Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan...
/d/dan-jaan.htm - 7k

Leshem-dan (1 Occurrence)
Leshem-dan. << Leshem, Leshem-dan. Less >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Leshem-dan (1 Occurrence). Joshua 19:47 (But the limit ...
/l/leshem-dan.htm - 6k

Abi'dan (5 Occurrences)
Abi'dan. << Abidan, Abi'dan. Abide >>. Multi-Version Concordance Abi'dan (5 Occurrences).
Numbers 1:11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni. (See RSV). ...
/a/abi'dan.htm - 7k

Ma'haneh-dan (2 Occurrences)
Ma'haneh-dan. << Mahaneh-dan, Ma'haneh-dan. Maharai >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Ma'haneh-dan (2 Occurrences). Judges 13 ...
/m/ma'haneh-dan.htm - 7k

Jeho-ad'dan (1 Occurrence)
Jeho-ad'dan. << Jehoaddan, Jeho-ad'dan. Jehoaddin >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Jeho-ad'dan (1 Occurrence). 2 Chronicles ...
/j/jeho-ad'dan.htm - 6k

Mahanehdan (1 Occurrence)
... Judges 18:12 = "camp of Dan" 13:25 (RV, "Mahaneh-dan"), a place behind (ie, west
of) Kirjath-jearim, where the six hundred Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol ...
/m/mahanehdan.htm - 8k

Danjaan (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction
of Dan, near the sources of the Jordan (2 Samuel 24:6). The LXX. ...
/d/danjaan.htm - 7k

Kiriathjearim
... 1. Scripture References: Judges 18:12 records that the men of Dan set forth out
of Zorah and Eshtaol and encamped in Mahaneh-dan behind (West of) Kiriath-jearim ...
/k/kiriathjearim.htm - 13k

Greek

2446. Iordanes -- the Jordan, the largest river of Pal.
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Iordanes Phonetic Spelling:
(ee-or-dan'-ace) Short Definition: the Jordan Definition: the Jordan, a great ...
/greek/2446.htm - 6k

1157. danistes -- a moneylender
... a moneylender. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: danistes Phonetic
Spelling: (dan-ice-tace') Short Definition: a lender, creditor Definition: a ...
/greek/1157.htm - 6k

1158. Daniel -- Daniel, the prophet
... Daniel, the prophet. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:
Daniel Phonetic Spelling: (dan-ee-ale') Short Definition: Daniel Definition ...
/greek/1158.htm - 6k

743. archaggelos -- a chief angel, ie archangel
... 743 (from 758 , "of the first order, chief" and 32 , "angel") -- an ; an angel of
the highest rank (see Dan 10:13, 12:1; see also Lk 1:19; Rev 8:2, 12:7); "a ...
/greek/743.htm - 7k

1155. danizo -- to lend, borrow
... to lend, borrow. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: danizo Phonetic Spelling:
(dan-ide'-zo) Short Definition: I lend, borrow Definition: I lend; mid: I borrow ...
/greek/1155.htm - 6k

1156. daneion -- a loan
... a loan. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: daneion Phonetic Spelling:
(dan'-i-on) Short Definition: a loan, debt Definition: a loan, debt. ...
/greek/1156.htm - 6k

Hitchcock's Bible Names

Dan

judgment; he that judges

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Dan

(a judge).

The fifth son of Jacob, and the first of Bilhah, Rachel's maid. (Genesis 30:6) (B.C. after 1753.) The origin of the name is given in the exclamation of Rachel. The records of Dan are unusually meagre. Only one son is attributed to him, (Genesis 46:23) but his tribe was, with the exception of Judah, the most numerous of all. In the division of the promised land Dan was the last of the tribes to receive his portion, which was the smallest of the twelve. (Joshua 19:48) But notwithstanding its smallness it had eminent natural advantages. On the north and east it was completely embraced by its two brother tribes Ephraim and Benjamin, while on the southeast and south it joined Judah, and was thus surrounded by the three most powerful states of the whole confederacy. It was a rich and fertile district; but the Amorites soon "forced them into the mountain," (Judges 1:34) and they had another portion granted them. Judges 18. In the "security" and "quiet," (Judges 18:7,10) of their rich northern possession the Danites enjoyed the leisure and repose which had been denied them in their original seat. In the time of David Dan still kept its place among the tribes. (1 Chronicles 12:35) Asher is omitted, but the "prince of the tribe of Dan" is mentioned in the list of (1 Chronicles 27:22) But from this time forward the name as applied to the tribe vanishes; it is kept alive only by the northern city. In the genealogies of 1Chr 2-12, Dan is omitted entirely. Lastly, Dan is omitted from the list of those who were sealed by the angel in the vision of St. John. (Revelation 7:5-7)
The well-known city, so familiar as the most northern landmark of Palestine, in the common expression "from Dan even to beersheba." The name of the place was originally LAISH or LESHEM. (Joshua 19:47) After the establishment of the Danites at Dan it became the acknowledged extremity of the country. It is now Tell el-Kadi , a mound, three miles from Banias, from the foot of which gushes out one of the largest fountains in the world, the main source of the Jordan.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Dan

A judge,

1. A son of Jacob by Bilhah, Genesis 30:3 35:25. The tribe of Dan was second only to that of Judah in numbers before entering Canaan, Numbers 1:39 26:43. A portion was assigned to Dan, extending southeast from the seacoast near Joppa. It bordered on the land of the Philistines, with whom the tribe of Dan had much to do, Jud 13:1-16:31. Their territory was fertile, but small, and the natives were powerful. A part of the tribe therefore sought and conquered another home, Joshua 19:1-51 Jud 18:1-31

2. A city originally called Laish, Jud 18:29, at the northern extremity of Israel, in the tribe of Naphtali. "From Dan to Beersheba" denotes the whole extent of the land of promise, Dan being the northern city, and Beersheba the southern one. Dan was seated at the foot of Mount Hermon, four miles west of Paneas, near one source of the Jordan, on a hill now called Tell-el-Kady. Laish at one time belonged to Zidon, and received the name of Dan from a portion of that tribe who conquered and rebuilt it, Jud 18:1-31. It was an idolatrous city even then, and was afterwards the seat of one of the golden calves of Jeroboam, 1 Kings 12:28 Am 8:14. Though once and again a very prosperous city, Jud 18:10 Ezekiel 27:19, only slight remains of it now exist.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DAN (1); DAN, TRIBE OF

(dan, "judge"; Dan).

1. Name:

The fifth of Jacob's sons, the first borne to him by Bilhah, the maid of Rachel, to whom, as the child of her slave, he legally belonged. At his birth Rachel, whose barrenness had been a sore trial to her, exclaimed "God hath judged me. and hath given me a son," so she called his name Dan, i.e. "judge" (Genesis 30:6). He was full brother of Naphtali. In Jacob's Blessing there is an echo of Rachel's words, "Da shall judge his people" (Genesis 49:16). Of the patriarch Dan almost nothing is recorded. Of his sons at the settlement in Egypt only one, Hushim, is mentioned (Genesis 46:23). The name in Numbers 26:42 is Shuham.

2. The Tribe:

The tribe however stands second in point of numbers on leaving Egypt, furnishing 62,700 men of war (Numbers 1:39); and at the second census they were 64,400 strong (Numbers 26:43). The standard of the camp of Dan in the desert march, with which were Asher and Naphtali, was on the north side of the tabernacle (Numbers 2:25; Numbers 10:25; compare Joshua 6:9 the King James Version margin, "gathering host"). The prince of the tribe was Ahiezer (Numbers 1:12). Among the spies Dan was represented by Ammiel the son of Gemalli (Numbers 13:12). Of the tribe of Dan was Oholiab (the King James Version "Aholiab") one of the wise-hearted artificers engaged in the construction of the tabernacle (Exodus 31:6). One who was stoned for blasphemy was the son of a Danite woman (Leviticus 24:10 f). At the ceremony of blessing and cursing, Dan and Naphtali stood on Mount Ebal, while the other Rachel tribes were on Gerizim (Deuteronomy 27:13). The prince of Dan at the division of the land was Bukki the son of Jogli (Numbers 34:22).

3. Territory:

The portion assigned to Dan adjoined those of Ephraim, Benjamin and Judah, and lay on the western slopes of the mountain. The reference in Judges 5:17: "And Dan, why did he remain in ships?" seems to mean that on the West, Dan had reached the sea. But the passage is one of difficulty. We are told that the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain (Judges 1:34), so they did not enjoy the richest part of their ideal portion, the fertile plain between the mountain and the sea. The strong hand of the house of Joseph kept the Amorites tributary, but did not drive them out. Later we find Dan oppressed by the Philistines, against whom the heroic exploits of Samson were performed (Judges 14). The expedition of the Danites recorded in Judges 18 is referred to in Joshua 19:47.

4. The Danite Raid:

The story affords a priceless glimpse of the conditions prevailing in those days. Desiring an extension of territory, the Danites sent out spies, who recommended an attack upon Laish, a city at the north end of the Jordan valley. The people, possibly a colony from Sidon, were careless in their fancied security. The land was large, and there was "no want of anything that was in the earth." The expedition of the 600, their dealings with Micah and his priest, their capture of Laish, and their founding of an idol shrine with priestly attendant, illustrate the strange mingling of lawlessness and superstition which was characteristic of the time. The town rebuilt on the site of Laish they called Dan-see following article. Perhaps 2 Chronicles 2:14 may be taken to indicate that the Danites intermarried with the Phoenicians. Divided between its ancient seat in the South and the new territory in the North the tribe retained its place in Israel for a time (1 Chronicles 12:35; 1 Chronicles 27:22), but it played no part of importance in the subsequent history.

The name disappears from the genealogical lists of Chronicles; and it is not mentioned among the tribes in Revelation 7:5.

Samson was the one great man produced by Dan, and he seems to have embodied the leading characteristics of the tribe: unsteady, unscrupulous, violent, possessed of a certain grim humor; stealthy in tactics-"a serpent in the way, an adder in the path" (Genesis 49:17)-but swift and strong in striking-"a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan" (Deuteronomy 33:22). Along with Abel, Dan ranked as a city in which the true customs of old Israel were preserved (2 Samuel 20:18 Septuagint).

W. Ewing

DAN (2)

A city familiar as marking the northern limit of the land of Israel in the common phrase "from Dan even to Beer-sheba" (Judges 20:1 1 Samuel 3:20, etc.). Its ancient name was Laish or Leshem (Judges 18:7, etc.). It was probably an outlying settlement of Tyre of Sidon. Its inhabitants, pursuing the ends of peaceful traders, were defenseless against the onset of the Danite raiders. Having captured the city the Danites gave it the name of their own tribal ancestor (Judges 18). It lay in the valley near Beth-rehob (Judges 18:28). Josephus places it near Mt. Lebanon and the fountain of the lesser Jordan, a day's journey from Sidon (Ant., V, iii, 1; VIII, viii, 4; BJ, IV, i, 1). Eusebius, Onomasticon says it lay 4 Roman miles from Paneas on the way to Tyre, at the source of the Jordan.

This points decisively to Tell el-Qady, in the plain West of Banias. The mound of this name-Kady is the exact Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew Dan-rises from among the bushes and reeds to a height varying from 40 to 80 ft. The largest of all the springs of the Jordan rises on the west side. The waters join with those of a smaller spring on the other side to form Nahr el-Leddan which flows southward to meet the streams from Banias and Chasbeiyeh. The mound, which is the crater of an extinct volcano, has certain ancient remains on the south side, while the tomb of Sheikh Marzuk is sheltered by two holy trees. The sanctuary and ritual established by the Danites persisted as long as the house of God was in Shiloh, and the priesthood in this idolatrous shrine remained in the family of Jonathan till the conquest of Tiglath-pileser (Judges 18:30 2 Kings 15:29). Here Jeroboam I set up the golden calf. The ancient sanctity of the place would tend to promote the success of his scheme (1 Kings 12:28, etc.). The calf, according to a Jewish tradition, was taken away by Tiglath-pileser. Dan fell before Benhadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4). It was regained by Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:25). It shared the country's fate at th hands of Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29).

It was to this district that Abraham pursued the army of Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:14). For Dr. G. A. Smith's suggestion that Dan may have been at Banias see HGHL1, 473, 480.

W. Ewing

DAN (3)

(Ezekiel 27:19 the King James Version). See VEDAN.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A judge.

(1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Genesis 30:6, "God hath judged me", Hebrews dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, "Dan shall judge his people" (49:16), probably in allusion to the judgeship of Samson, who was of the tribe of Dan.

The tribe of Dan had their place in the march through the wilderness on the north side of the tabernacle (Numbers 2:25, 31; 10:25). It was the last of the tribes to receive a portion in the Land of Promise. Its position and extent are described in Joshua 19:40-48.

The territory of Dan extended from the west of that of Ephraim and Benjamin to the sea. It was a small territory, but was very fertile. It included in it, among others, the cities of Lydda, Ekron, and Joppa, which formed its northern boundary. But this district was too limited. "Squeezed into the narrow strip between the mountains and the sea, its energies were great beyond its numbers." Being pressed by the Amorites and the Philistines, whom they were unable to conquer, they longed for a wider space. They accordingly sent out five spies from two of their towns, who went north to the sources of the Jordan, and brought back a favourable report regarding that region. "Arise," they said, "be not slothful to go, and to possess the land," for it is "a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth" (Judges 18:10). On receiving this report, 600 Danites girded on their weapons of war, and taking with them their wives and their children, marched to the foot of Hermon, and fought against Leshem, and took it from the Sidonians, and dwelt therein, and changed the name of the conquered town to Dan (Joshua 19:47). This new city of Dan became to them a new home, and was wont to be spoken of as the northern limit of Palestine, the length of which came to be denoted by the expression "from Dan to Beersheba", i.e., about 144 miles.

"But like Lot under a similar temptation, they seem to have succumbed to the evil influences around them, and to have sunk down into a condition of semi-heathenism from which they never emerged. The mounds of ruins which Mark the site of the city show that it covered a considerable extent of ground. But there remains no record of any noble deed wrought by the degenerate tribe. Their name disappears from the roll-book of the natural and the spiritual Israel.", Manning's Those Holy Fields.

This old border city was originally called Laish. Its modern name is Tell el-Kady, "Hill of the Judge." It stands about four miles below Caesarea Philippi, in the midst of a region of surpassing richness and beauty.

(2.) This name occurs in Ezek 27:19, Authorize Version; but the words there, "Dan also," should be simply, as in the Revised Version, "Vedan," an Arabian city, from which various kinds of merchandise were brought to Tyre. Some suppose it to have been the city of Aden in Arabia. (see MAHANEH-DAN.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.

2. (n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Strong's Hebrew

4265. Machaneh-dan -- "camp of Dan," a place where the Danites ...
Machaneh-dan. << 4264, 4265. Machaneh-dan. 4266 >>. "camp of Dan," a place
where the Danites stayed. Transliteration: Machaneh-dan ...
/hebrew/4265.htm - 6k

1842. Dan Yaan -- a place in Palestine
Dan Yaan. << 1841, 1842. Dan Yaan. 1843 >>. a place in Palestine. Transliteration:
Dan Yaan Phonetic Spelling: (dawn yah'-an) Short Definition: Dan-jaan. ...
/hebrew/1842.htm - 6k

1835. Dan -- "judge," a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their ...
... << 1834, 1835. Dan. 1836 >>. ... and their territory, also a place in Northern Israel.
Transliteration: Dan Phonetic Spelling: (dawn) Short Definition: Dan. ...
/hebrew/1835.htm - 6k

1839. Dani -- descendant of Dan
... descendant of Dan. Transliteration: Dani Phonetic Spelling: (daw-nee') Short Definition:
Danites. Word Origin from Dan Definition desc. ... Danites, of Dan. ...
/hebrew/1839.htm - 6k

6881. Tsorah -- a city exchanged by Judah and Dan
... << 6880, 6881. Tsorah. 6882 >>. a city exchanged by Judah and Dan. Transliteration:
Tsorah Phonetic Spelling: (tsor-aw') Short Definition: Zorah. ...
/hebrew/6881.htm - 6k

8169. Shaalbim -- perhaps "(haunt of) foxes," a city in Dan
... Shaalbim. 8170 >>. perhaps "(haunt of) foxes," a city in Dan. Transliteration: Shaalbim
Phonetic Spelling: (shah-al-beem') Short Definition: Shaalbim. ...
/hebrew/8169.htm - 6k

7542. Raqqon -- a city in Dan near Joppa
... << 7541, 7542. Raqqon. 7543 >>. a city in Dan near Joppa. Transliteration: Raqqon
Phonetic Spelling: (rak-kone') Short Definition: Rakkon. ...
/hebrew/7542.htm - 6k

3055. Yehud -- a place in Dan
... << 3054, 3055. Yehud. 3056 >>. a place in Dan. Transliteration: Yehud Phonetic
Spelling: (yeh-hood') Short Definition: Jehud. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/3055.htm - 6k

356. Elon -- "terebinth," an Israelite name, also a Hittite, also ...
... Elon. 357 >>. "terebinth," an Israelite name, also a Hittite, also a city in Dan.
Transliteration: Elon Phonetic Spelling: (ay-lone') Short Definition: Elon. ...
/hebrew/356.htm - 6k

1050. Beth-rechob -- "place of a street," a place near Dan
... Beth-rechob. 1051 >>. "place of a street," a place near Dan. Transliteration:
Beth-rechob Phonetic Spelling: (bayth re-khobe') Short Definition: Beth-rehob. ...
/hebrew/1050.htm - 6k

Subtopics

Dan

Dan: A City of the Tribe of Dan: Also Called Laish, and Leshem

Dan: A City of the Tribe of Dan: Capture by Ben-Hadad

Dan: A City of the Tribe of Dan: Captured by the People of Dan

Dan: A City of the Tribe of Dan: Idolatry Established At

Dan: Fifth Son of Jacob and Bilhah

Dan: Fifth Son of Jacob and Bilhah: Blessed of Jacob

Dan: Fifth Son of Jacob and Bilhah: Descendants of

the Tribe of Dan: A Commercial People

the Tribe of Dan: A Part of Plundered Michah of his Idols and his Ephod

the Tribe of Dan: A Part of Sent to Seek New Settlements