Deuteronomy 33:22

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Of Dan he said: "Dan is a lion cub leaping forth from Bashan."

Berean Standard Bible:

Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

American Standard Version:

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And of Dan{H1835} he said{H559}, Dan{H1835} is a lion's{H738} whelp{H1482}: he shall leap{H2187} from Bashan{H1316}.

Cross-References (KJV):

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.

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 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 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 15:15

  • 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.

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Commentary for Deuteronomy 33:22

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1835
    There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דָּן
    Transliteration: Dân
    Pronunciation: dawn
    Description: from דִּין; judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them; Daniel
  2. Strong's Number: H559
    There are 4434 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָמַר
    Transliteration: ʼâmar
    Pronunciation: aw-mar'
    Description: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  3. Strong's Number: H738
    There are 184 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֲרִי
    Transliteration: ʼărîy
    Pronunciation: ar-ee'
    Description: or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from אָרָה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
  4. Strong's Number: H1482
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גּוּר
    Transliteration: gûwr
    Pronunciation: goor
    Description: or (shortened) גֻּר; perhaps from גּוּר; a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion; whelp, young one.
  5. Strong's Number: H2187
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זָנַק
    Transliteration: zânaq
    Pronunciation: zaw-nak'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to draw together the feet (as an animal about to dart upon its prey), i.e. to spring forward; leap.
  6. Strong's Number: H1316
    There are 53 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּשָׁן
    Transliteration: Bâshân
    Pronunciation: baw-shawn'
    Description: of uncertain derivation; Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan; Bashan.