Etymology?:
from dīn דִּין ‘to judge’
Roots:
דין דון
dān pr n m pers + pr n loc
Dan = "a judge"
1) the 5th son of Jacob, the 1st of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid
2) the tribe descended from Dan, the son of Jacob
n pr loc
3) a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine
Mentioned in Genesis 14:14, 49:16, 49:17, 30:6, 35:25, 46:23 Exodus 31:6, 35:34, 38:23, 1:4 Codex Leviticus 24:11 Numbers 1:38, 1:12, 2:25, 7:66, 10:25, 2:31, 26:42, 1:39, 13:12, 34:22 Deuteronomy 34:1, 27:13, 33:22 Joshua 19:47, 19:48, 21:23, 21:5, 19:40 Judges 18:29, 20:1, 18:2, 18:16, 18:25, 18:23, 18:26, 1:34, 18:22, 5:17, 18:30 1 Samuel 3:20 2 Samuel 24:15, 24:2, 24:6, 17:11, 3:10 1 Kings 15:20, 12:29, 12:30, 5:5 2 Kings 10:29 Jeremiah 8:16, 4:15 Ezekiel 27:19, 48:1, 48:2, 48:32 Amos 8:14 1 Chronicles 21:2, 27:22, 2:2 2 Chronicles 2:13, 16:4, 30:5