Meaning & History
Means "he judged" in Hebrew, a derivative of דִּין (din) meaning "to judge". In the Old Testament Dan is one of the twelve sons of Jacob by Rachel's servant Bilhah, and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is explained in Genesis 30:6.
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- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1835, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1835.
