Strong's H1835 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: דָּן (Dân)

Pronunciation: dawn

Morphology: n-pr-m

Part of Speech: n pr loc

Name Meaning: Dan = "a judge"

Derivation: from דִּין (dîyn) [H1777]; judge;

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

KJV Renderings: Dan

Senses

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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.