DAN (2)A city familiar as marking the northern limit of the land of Israel in the common phrase "from Dan even to Beer-sheba" (Judges 20:1 1 Samuel 3:20, etc.). Its ancient name was Laish or Leshem (Judges 18:7, etc.). It was probably an outlying settlement of Tyre of Sidon. Its inhabitants, pursuing the ends of peaceful traders, were defenseless against the... View Details
EBAL, MOUNTe'-bal, (har `ebhal; Gaibal):Rises North of the vale of Shechem, over against Mt. Gerizim on the South. The mountain (Arabic el-Iclamiyeh) reaches a height of 1,402 ft. above the floor of the valley, and 3,077 ft. above the level of the Mediterranean. The Samaritans feign that Gerizim is the higher; but it is more than 200 ft. lower than Ebal. The... View Details
Gad, a tribe of Isr.
|happy one,| a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine
|fortune,| a Bab. god.
a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also a prophet
|judge,| a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory, also a place in Northern Israel
a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory
a son of Jacob, also his desc. and the district settled by them
an Edomite name
|behold a son!| oldest son of Jacob, also his desc.