Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1835
דָּן
Dandawn
Dan
70 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Dân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1835is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 28spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1835
Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
The King James renders it: Daniel
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Dan is rendered "Dan". It stands 70 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.
The first use
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 14:14דָּֽן׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in sixteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Dan53
- from Dan8
- for Dan2
- in Dan2
- and Dan1
- and of Dan1
- Dan towards1
- O Dan1
- to from Dan1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 70, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
28 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- דָ֖ן9
- דָ֔ן9
- דָּ֔ן6
- דָּ֖ן5
- דָּ֥ן4
- דָֽן׃4
- דָּֽן׃4
- מִדָּ֖ן3
- מִדָּן֙3
- דָן֙2
- דָ֑ן2
- דָּ֗ן2
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)48HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)12HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name)6HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpl/Sd
- preposition + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/R/Npl
Genesis
six uses
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
- דָּֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
- דָּֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
- דָּ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The son of Dan: Hushim.
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
- דָּ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- דָן֙danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Exodus
four uses
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
- דָּ֥ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
- דָֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Leviticus
one use
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
- דָֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Numbers
twelve uses
from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
- לְדָ֕ןledanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Dan
From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.
- דָ֑ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
- דָ֛ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the Danites, drew near.
- דָ֑ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: The Shuhamite clan from Shuham. These were the clans of Dan.
- דָן֙danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
- דָּ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Deuteronomy
four uses
And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- דָּ֥ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
- וּלְדָ֣ןuledanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and of Dan
- דָּ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
- דָּֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Joshua
eight uses
The seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
- דָ֠ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
- דָּ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
- דָּ֥ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- דָ֞ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Judges
twelve uses
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
- וְדָ֕ןvedanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Dan
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
- דָ֣ן׀danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
- דָֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
- דָֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
- דָ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- דָּ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
- דָּ֣ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- דָ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- לְמִדָּן֙lemidanpreposition + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to from Dan
1 Samuel
one use
So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- מִדָּ֖ןmidanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Dan
2 Samuel
five uses
to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- מִדָּ֖ןmidanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Dan
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
- מִדָּן֙midanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”
- מִדָּן֙midanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Dan
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
- דָּ֣נָהdanahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Dan towards
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.
- מִדָּן֙midanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Dan
1 Kings
four uses
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.
- מִדָּ֖ןmidanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Dan
One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
- בְּדָֽן׃bedanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Dan
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
- דָּֽן׃danproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.
- דָּ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
2 Kings
one use
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.
- בְּדָֽן׃ סbedanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Dan
1 Chronicles
three uses
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- דָּ֚ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”
- דָּ֑ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
and over Dan was Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
- לְדָ֕ןledanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Dan
2 Chronicles
three uses
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.
- דָּ֗ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.
- דָּ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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 as a nation as prescribed.
- דָּ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Jeremiah
two uses
For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
- מִדָּ֑ןmidanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: 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.
- מִדָּ֤ןmidanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Dan
Ezekiel
three uses
“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.
- דָּ֥ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.
- דָּ֗ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.
- דָּ֖ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: Dan
Amos
one use
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.”
- דָּ֔ןdanproper noun (a name)tagged: O Dan
The letters
Gematria 54· 704 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.