Dan-jaan — the meaning of the Hebrew name דָּן יַעַן

דָּן יַעַן

Dân Yaʻan · pronounced dawn yah'-an · Strong's H1842 · a place

Dan-jaan means judge of purpose.

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דָּן Dân (from, H1835) — judge open in the lexicon ›

יַעַן yaʻan (and apparently, H3282) — properly, heed open in the lexicon ›

from H1835 and (apparently) H3282; judge of purpose; Dan-Jaan, a place in Palestine.

2Sam 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Samuel

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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