The meaning of “דָּנִי”
Understanding Dânîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patronymically from דָּן Danites, of Daniel - § Danites = "judge" - a Danite (often collectively) or descendants (or inh...
דָּנִי
patronymically from דָּן Danites, of Daniel - § Danites = "judge" - a Danite (often collectively) or descendants (or inhabitants) of Dan 1) descendants of Dan, son of Jacob 2) inhabitants of the territory of Dan
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 13:2 | “And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.” Word: דָּנִי (Dânîy) | |
| Judges 18:1 | “In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.” Word: דָּנִי (Dânîy) | |
| Judges 18:11 | “And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.” Word: דָּנִי (Dânîy) | |
| Judges 18:30 | “And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.” Word: דָּנִי (Dânîy) | |
| 1 Chronicles 12:35 | “And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.” Word: דָּנִי (Dânîy) |