דָּן

1. son of Jacob and Bilhah 1 Mos 30,6; 1 Mos 35,25; 2 Mos 1,4; Jos 19,47; Dom 18,29; 1 Kron 2,2.

2. the tribe of Dan, מַטֵּה דָן 2 Mos 31,6; 2 Mos 35,34; 2 Mos 38,23; 3 Mos 24,11; 4 Mos 1,39; 4 Mos 13,12; Jos 21,5; Jos 21,23 (all P); בְּנֵי דָן 1 Mos 46,23; 4 Mos 1,38; 4 Mos 2,25; 4 Mos 7,66; 4 Mos 10,25; 4 Mos 26,42; 4 Mos 34,22; Jos 19,40; Jos 19,47 (twice in verse); Jos 19,48 (all P) Dom 1,34; Dom 18,2; Dom 18,16; Dom 18,22; Dom 18,23; Dom 18,25; Dom 18,26; Dom 18,30 מַחֲנֵה דָן 4 Mos 2,25; 4 Mos 2,31 (P) — on Dom 13,25; Dom 18,12 see מַחֲנֶה; מִשְׁפְּחֹת דָּן 4 Mos 26,42 (P); דָּן alone in poetry 1 Mos 49,16; 1 Mos 49,17; 5 Mos 33,22 (twice in verse); Dom 5,17, elsewhere 4 Mos 1,12 (P) 5 Mos 27,13; 1 Kron 27,22; 2 Kron 2,13; Ezk 48,1; Ezk 48,2; Ezk 48,32.

3. a city on northern frontier of Israel at one of the sources of the Jordan, originally לַיִשׁ Dom 18,29 (compare vDom 18,7); = לֶשֶׁם Jos 19,47 captured by a colony of Danites; named Dan, and made a sacred place with rites of worship that lasted until the exile (Dom 18,30); = Tell el Kâdî, Rob^{BR iii. 351, 358} Bd^{Pa1 265}. This place is frequently referred to: 1 Mos 14,14; 5 Mos 34,1; 1 Kong 12,29; 1 Kong 12,30; 1 Kong 15,20; 2 Kong 10,29; 2 Kron 16,4; Jer 4,15; Jer 8,16; Amos 8,14 read also וּבְדָן for וְכֵן 2 Sam 20,18 ᵐ5 Ew We compare Dr; and see the phrase מִדָּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע Dom 20,1; 1 Sam 3,20; 2 Sam 3,10; 2 Sam 17,11; 2 Sam 24,2; 2 Sam 24,15; 1 Kong 5,5 given by Chronicles מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַדדָּֿן 1 Kron 21,2; 2 Kron 30,5. (Ezk 27,19 see ודן.)