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Dan1 definition

Dan (dan)

noun

Archaic master; sir: a title Dan Cupid

Etymology: ME < OFr < L dominus, master, lord: see dominate

Dan2 definition

Dan (dan)

noun

  1. Jacob's fifth son, whose mother was Bilhah: Gen. 30:1-6
  2. the tribe of Israel descended from him, which settled in N Palestine: Num. 1:38

Etymology: Heb dān, a judge

Dan3 definition

Dan (dan)

village in NE Israel: site of an ancient town at the northernmost extremity of Israelite territory
Dan Idioms

from Dan to Beersheba

  1. Bible from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
  2. from end to end; throughout; everywhere
Dan4 definition

Dan

  1. Bible Daniel
  2. Danish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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