Tribe of Dan

E90675

The Tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Dan and associated with territory in the coastal region of ancient Canaan.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dan 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Israelite tribe
biblical figure
biblical tribe
alternativeName Danites
ancestralMatriarch Bilhah
ancestralPatriarch Jacob
associatedWith northern cultic site at Dan
borderedBy Philistines
Tribe of Benjamin
Tribe of Judah
capital Dan (Laish)
Eshtaol
Zorah
continent Asia
country Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
surface form: Kingdom of Israel
ethnicGroup Israelites
father Jacob
founder Dan
genealogicalOrigin son of Jacob
hasRole constituent tribe of the Kingdom of Israel
knownFor association with the city of Dan near the sources of the Jordan River
migration to the north described in the Book of Judges
participation in conquest narratives in the Book of Joshua
language Hebrew
mentionedIn Divrei Hayamim
surface form: Book of Chronicles

Book of Genesis
Book of Joshua
Judges
surface form: Book of Judges
mother Bilhah
namedAfter Dan
partOf Twelve Tribes of Israel
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
religion ancient Israelite religion
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
Samaritanism
sacredText Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
statusInRevelation omitted from the list of sealed tribes in the Book of Revelation
symbolInTradition scales
serpent
timePeriod Iron Age
surface form: Iron Age Levant

Late Bronze Age Levant
traditionalTerritory area north of the tribe of Judah
area west of the tribe of Benjamin
coastal region of ancient Canaan
vicinity of Ekron
vicinity of Joppa

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israel associatedWithTribe Tribe of Dan
subject surface form: Shfela
Tribe of Judah borderedBy Tribe of Dan
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Tribe of Simeon borderedBy Tribe of Dan
Twelve Tribes of Israel hasMember Tribe of Dan