Dân — H1835

H1835 · Hebrew — דן

Pronunciation: dawn

Definition

masculine proper noun

Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them

  1. Dan = "a judge"
  2. the 5th son of Jacob, the 1st of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid
  3. the tribe descended from Dan, the son of Jacob
  4. n pr loc
  5. a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine

Usually translated as

Daniel

Origin

from H1777; judge

Occurrences

Dân occurs 70 times in 63 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (4), Leviticus (1), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (5), Judges (12), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Amos (1)

Strong's Lexicon — D