דָּן

danDan
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place70 occurrences16 books63 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Dan: Fifth son of Jacob, founder of Israelite tribe
  • Dan: Israelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem

Definition

from H1777; judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
Traditional renderings: Daniel

Glossary entries

Laish (Place) Dan (Place) Dan (Person) Danite Leshem

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

70 total
  1. 2 Samuel 24:2מִדָּן֙ · from Dan
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
  2. 2 Samuel 24:6דָּ֣נָה
    Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
  3. 2 Samuel 24:15מִדָּן֙ · Dan
    So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
  4. 1 Kings 4:25מִדָּ֖ן · from Dan
    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
  5. 1 Kings 12:29בְּדָֽן׃ · in Dan
    One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
  6. 1 Kings 12:30דָּֽן׃ · Dan [to worship]
    And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
  7. 1 Kings 15:20דָּ֔ן · Dan
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
  8. 2 Kings 10:29בְּדָֽן׃ס · and Dan
    …but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
  9. 1 Chronicles 2:2דָּ֚ן · Dan
    Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  10. 1 Chronicles 21:2דָּ֑ן · Dan
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
  11. 1 Chronicles 27:22לְדָ֕ן · [and] over Dan
    …and over Dan was Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
  12. 2 Chronicles 2:14דָּ֗ן · of Dan
    He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
  13. 2 Chronicles 16:4דָּ֔ן · Dan
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
  14. 2 Chronicles 30:5דָּ֔ן · Dan
    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
  15. Jeremiah 4:15מִדָּ֑ן · from Dan
    For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
  16. Jeremiah 8:16מִדָּ֤ן · from Dan
    The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
  17. Ezekiel 48:1דָּ֥ן · Dan
    “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.
  18. Ezekiel 48:2דָּ֗ן · of Dan
    Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.
  19. Ezekiel 48:32דָּ֖ן · of Dan
    On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
  20. Amos 8:14דָּ֔ן · O Dan
    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”