Deuteronomy 33:22 KJV
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
Words Then and Now
- whelp the young of a lion or dog; a cub Still heard today: a whelping box, where a dog gives birth to her pups, as breeders say Webster’s 1828 · Whelp
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Cross References
- Joshua 19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
- Judges 18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
- Genesis 49:16–17 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. …
- 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.
- Judges 13:24–25 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. …
- Judges 14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
- Judges 14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
- Judges 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
- Judges 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
- Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
- 1 Chronicles 12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Places
- BashanRegion · today Saham al Jawlan · Location likely
- Places in Deuteronomy 33 on a map
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And of Dan וּלְדָן ûlĕdān דָּן Proper name · with and, preposition
- he said אָמַר ʾāmar אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- Dan דָּן dān דָּן Proper name
- a lion's אַרְיֵה ʾaryê אֲרִי Noun · masculine singular
- whelp גּוּר gûr גּוּר Noun · masculine singular construct
- he shall leap יְזַנֵּק yĕzannēq זָנַק Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine singular
- from Bashan מִן min Preposition הַבָּשָׁן habbāšān בָּשָׁן Proper name · with the
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