HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1842
יַעַן
dan ya.an — Jaan
Dan-jaan = "purposeful judgment" a place in Palestine and existence perhaps doubtful Another name of iy.yon (עִיּוֹן "Ijon" H5859)
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Dan-jaan
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan, near the sources of the Jordan (2 Sam. 24:6). The LXX. and the Vulgate read “Dan-ja’ar”, i.e., “Dan in the forest.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.