דָּן (b. h.) 1) pr. n. m. Dan, son of Jacob. Pes. 4ᵃ מדן קאתי he is a descendant of Dan; a. e. —2) pr. n. pl. Dan in northern Palestine. Pesik. Shek. p. 15ᵃ מזבח שבדן the altar (erected by Jeroboam) in Dan.—Targ. Y. II, Num. XXXIV, 15. Targ. Cant. V, 4; Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXVII expl. = פמיאס, Paneas; Midr. Sam. ch. XXX; XXXII דנה (יען) פנייס.—Y. Dem. II, 22ᶜ bot. כְּפר דָּן. —3) name of an idol Dan. Sabb. 67ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VII (VIII), 3; Y. ib. VI, 8ᶜ bot. (ref. to Am. VIII, 14).