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DABBeSHETH
The meaning of Dabbasheth is "Flowing with honey" A town on the western boundary of Zebulun (Joshua 19:11)
DABERATH (DABAREH )
The meaning of Dabereh is "pasture" A town on the boundary of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:12) Under the name of Debarieh it still lies at the western foot of Tabor. Also spelled Dabareth
Dagon (Dagan)
The meaning of Cabbon is "earth"
- West Semitic god of crop fertility, worshiped extensively throughout the ancient Middle East. Dagan was the Hebrew and Ugaritic common noun for “grain,” and the god Dagan was the legendary inventor of the plow.
- After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon (1 Samuel 5:2) (1 Samuel 5:7).
- Dagon’s temple is also where Samson pushed over the pillars of the temple of the Philistine god Dagon, destroying the temple and killing himself and thousands of Philistines (Judges 16:23).
DALMANUTHA
The meaning of Dalmanutha is "A bucket, a branch" Dalmanutha is named as the location Jesus sails to with his disciples after feeding 4,000 by multiplying fish and loaves of bread. A town dating back more than 2,000 years has since been discovered on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee, in Israel's Ginosar valley (Mark 8:9-11).
DALMATIA
The meaning of Dalmatia is "Deceitful lamps, vain brightness" A district of the Roman empire lying on the eastern shore of the Adriatic. Writing from Rome to Timothy during his second imprisonment, Paul records the departure of Titus to Dalmatia (2 Timothy 4:10).
DALPHON
The meaning of Dalphon is "Raindrop; house of caves" The second of the ten sons of Haman, slain by the Jews (Esther 9:7).
DAMARIS
The meaning of Damaris is "little woman" the name of a woman mentioned in a single verse in Acts of the Apostles (Acts 17:34) as one of those present when Paul of Tarsus preached in Athens in front of the Athenian Areopagus in c. AD 55.
DAMASCUS
The meaning of Damascus is "" An ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria. he Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. Paul, a tent maker who hated the Christians, was blinded by a light from heaven until his baptism in the Barada river (Acts 9:1-19).
DAMIEN
The meaning of Damian is "To tame; subdue"
DAN
The meaning of Dan is "God is my judge; judgment; he judged"
- Dan was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob's fifth son). His mother, Bilhah, was Rachel's handmaid, who becomes one of Jacob's concubines (Genesis 35:25)
- Dan is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan (Numbers 1:39). As part of the Kingdom of Israel, the territory of Dan was conquered by the Assyrians and exiled (2 Kings 17:6).
DANIEL
The meaning of Daniel is "God is my judge; God is my strength"
- Daniel is the main character of the Book of Daniel. He was a noble Jewish youth of Jerusalem taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, and is the hero of the Book of Daniel who interprets dreams and receives apocalyptic visions (Daniel 1:17) (Ezekiel 14:14), he is known as a prophet (Matthew 24:15)
- The Book of Ezra (Ezra 8:2) mentions a priest named Daniel who went from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra.
- The First Book of Chronicles (1 Chronicles 3:1) mentions a son of David called Daniel.
DANNAH
The meaning of Dannah is "Judging. God will judge" One of the cities in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:49) between Socoh and Kiriath-sannah (Debir)
DARDA (DARA)
The meaning of Darda is "nugget of wisdom" One of the wise men to whom Solomon is compared (1 Kings 4:31). He was either a son of Mahol or a son of Zerah, son of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:6).
DARIUS
The meaning of Dariusis "He that informs himself" Darius the Mede is mentioned in the Book of Daniel as king of Babylon between Belshazzar and Cyrus the Great (Ezra 4:5) (Ezra 4:24).
DARKON
The meaning of Darkon is "Of generation, of possession" Ancestor of a subdivision of "Solomon's servants," so called, in post-exilic times (Ezra 2:56) (Nehemiah 7:58).
DATHAN
The meaning of Dathan is "Fountain" Dathan, together with his brother Abiram (Numbers 16:25), were among the quarrelsome and seditious (Exodus 2:12-14) personages in Egypt and in the wilderness who sought, on every occasion, to place difficulties in the way of Moses. Being identified with the two Israelites at strife who were the cause of Moses' flight from Egypt (Exodus 2:15), the two were thus regarded as having interfered with him at the beginning of his career.
DAVID
The meaning of David is "beloved" David was the youngest of eight sons of Jesse, a farmer and sheep breeder of the Israelite tribe of Judah (Ruth 4:22).One day he was summoned from the fields by the prophet Samuel, who anointed him king of Israel while Saul was still king (1 Samuel 16:1). In the story of David and Goliath, Goliath was a heavily armed Philistine giant, challenged Saul for 40 days to send out a man to fight him. No one would face this warrior until David, armed only with a sling and stones, volunteered (1 Samuel 17:1). He continued to distinguish himself as a warrior in the ongoing battles against the Philistines, and his resultant popularity aroused Saul’s jealousy (1 Samuel 18:5). Fearing that the people would make David king, Saul plotted to kill him (1 Samuel 19:1). After mourning the death of Saul and executing an Amalekite who claimed to have killed the former king, David began to consolidate his position as the successor to Saul (2 Samuel 2:1) (2 Samuel 5:1).
DEBIR
The meaning of Debir is "place of the word"
- Debir King of Eglon, a Canaanite king of Eglon, slain by Joshua (Joshua 10:3). Aided by miracles, Joshua's army routed the Canaanite military, forcing Debir and the other kings to seek refuge in a cave. There they were trapped until later executed.
- Debir has been identified with the modern Edh-Dhaheriyeh, to the south of Hebron. A place near the "valley of Achor" (Joshua 15:7), on the north boundary of Judah, between Jerusalem and Jericho.
DEBORAH
The meaning of Deborah is "bee" Deborah is one of the major judges (charismatic military leaders, not juridical figures) in the story of how Israel takes the land of Canaan. She is the only female judge, the only one to be called a prophet (Judges 4:4), and the only one described as performing a judicial function (Judges 4:5).
DEDAN
The meaning of Dedan is "move slowly, lead slowly"
- A son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in (Isaiah 21:13) (Ezekiel 25:13) and (Ezekiel 27:15). They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the present Persian Gulf.
- A son of Jokshan, son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (Genesis 25:3) (1 Chronicles 1:32). His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the territory of Edom.
DELAIAH
The meaning of Cabbon is "The poor of the Lord; freed by Jehovah; Yah has drawn”"
- head of the 23rd division of the priestly order (1 Chronicles 24:18) and a contemporary with King David.
- Prince Delaiah of Judah, a son of Shemaiah (Jeremiah 36:12). He was one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read (Jeremiah 36:12).
- Delaiah, the head of a family band of exiles that returned under Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:60) (Nehemiah 7:62). A a descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:24)
- Delaiah, a father who lived at the time of the prophet Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:10)
DELILAH
The meaning of Delilah, also spelled Dalila is "delicate" The central figure of Samson's last love story (Judges 16). She was a Philistine who, bribed to entrap Samson, coaxed him into revealing that the secret of his strength was his long hair, whereupon she took advantage of his confidence to betray him to his enemies.
DEMAS
The meaning of Demas is "Popular" Demas had at one time been one of Paul’s “fellow workers” in the gospel ministry along with Mark, Luke, and others (Philemon 1:24). During Paul’s first imprisonment in Rome, Demas was also in Rome (Colossians 4:14). Demas was with Paul during Paul’s second imprisonment in Rome, at least for a while. Then something happened. Demas forsook Paul, abandoned the ministry, and left town.(2 Timothy 4:10)
DEMETRIUS
The meaning of Demetrius is "Belonging to corn, or to Ceres"
- A disciple who is spoken of as having "a good report of all men, and of the truth itself" (3 John 1:12)
- A Diana-worshipping silversmith who incited a riot against the Apostle Paul in the city of Ephesus (Acts 19:38).
DERBE (DERVI) (DERVEIA)
The meaning of Derbe is "A sting" Derbe was a city of Galatia in Asia Minor, and later of Lycaonia, and still later of Isauria and Cappadocia. It is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles at (Acts 14:6) (Acts 14:20) (Acts 16:1) (Acts 20:4). Derbe is notable because it is the only city mentioned in the New Testament where the message of the Gospel was accepted from the beginning by its inhabitants.
DEUEL
The meaning of Deuel is "The knowledge of God" The father of Eliasaph, Moses's assistant from the tribe of Gad (Numbers 1:14); he is named in connection with his son's tribal leadership functions in making offerings (Numbers 7:42) (Numbers 7:47) and in the procession of companies in the wilderness (Numbers 10:20).
DEUTERONOMY
The meaning of Deuteronomy is "second law; repeated law" Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It stands last in the section known as the books of the Torah, the Pentateuch, or The Books of Moses, written in the form of a farewell address by Moses to the Israelites before they entered the Promised Land of Canaan (Deuteronomy 1:1-2).
DIBLAIM
The meaning of Diblaim is "slander, ill repute" A native of Northern Israel and father of Gomer, the wife of Hosea (Hosea 1:3)
DIBLAH
The meaning of Diblah is "pressed together; a round mass; squeezed into a cake; fig cake" It was a town about fifty miles south of Hamath. In Ezekiel this place was the northern limit of God's judgments that were to fall on Palestine for its odious idolatry (Ezekiel 6:14).
DIBON (DIBON-GAD)
The meaning of Dibon is ""
- A city of Moab captured by the Amorites (Numbers 21:30), and held by them at the invasion by Israel. It was taken and given to the tribe of Gad, whence it is called Dibon-gad (Numbers 32:34) (Numbers 33:45). A town in Judah, occupied after the exile (Nehemiah 11:25). In (Joshua 13:17) it is reckoned to Reuben.
DIBRI
The meaning of Dibri is "An orator; fluent speech; eloquent" A man of the tribe of Dan (Leviticus 24:11). The focus of the passage is on Shelomith's son who committed blasphemy and was stoned to death.
DIDYMUS
The meaning of Didymus is "A twin, double" Thomas the Apostle, also known as Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus (John 11:16) (John 20:24) (John 21:2). Thomas is commonly known as "Doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurrection of Jesus Christ when he was told of it (John 20:23-25)
DIKLAH
The meaning of Diklah is "His diminishing" A son of Joktan, whose settlements, in common with those of the other sons of Joktan, must be looked for in Arabia. It is thought that Diklah is a part of Arabia containing many palm trees (Genesis 10:27) (1 Chronicles 1:21).
DILEAN
The meaning of Dilean is "That is poor" A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Migdal-gad and Mizpeh (Joshua 15:37-39), which lay probably on the North of Lachish and Eglon.
DIMON
The meaning of Dimon is "Where it is red" The waters of, some streams on the east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab, against which Isaiah uttered denunciation (Isaiah 15:9).
DIMONAH
The meaning of Dimonah is "south" One of the southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were (Joshua 15:21–22)
DINAH
The meaning of Dinah is "her judgment" Dinah, also spelled Dina, in the Old Testament (Genesis 30:21) (Genesis 30:34) (Genesis 46:15), daughter of Jacob by Leah; Dinah was abducted and raped near the city of Shechem, by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite
DINHABAH
The meaning of Dinhabah is "robbers' den" Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36 (Genesis 36:32), the capital of King Bela ben Beor (1 Chronicles 1:43).
DIONYSIUS
The meaning of Dionysius is "Divinely touched" Dionysius The Areopagite, (flourished 1st century ad), biblical figure, converted by Paul at Athens (Acts 17:34), who acquired a notable posthumous reputation primarily through confusion with later Christians similarly named.
DIOTREPHES
The meaning of Diotrephes is "nourished by Jupiter" Diotrephes was a man mentioned in the Third Epistle of John (3 John 1:9)
DISHON (DISHAN)
The meaning of Dishon is "Walks upon; A threshing" A Horite clan, mentioned as the youngest "son" and elsewhere as the "grandson" of Seir (Genesis 36:21) (Genesis 36:28) (Genesis 36:30).
DIZAHAB
The meaning of Dizahab is "Where much gold is" Dizahab is a place in the desert of Sinai, one of the boundary points of the "Arabah," or region where the Israelites wandered (Deuteronomy 1:1).
DODAI
The meaning of Dodai is "Beloved"
- The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of Issachar, one of the judges (Judges 10:1).
- "The Ahohite," father of Eleazar, one of David's heroes, and (2 Samuel 23:9) (1 Chronicles 11:12) himself the commander of one of the divisions of the army (1 Chronicles 27:4).
DODAVAH
The meaning of Dodavah is "Love" Father of Eliezer of Mareshah, a prophet in the days of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:37).
DODO
The meaning of Dodo is "Loving, His Beloved is "Loving, His Beloved"
- A member of the tribe of Issachar and the grandfather of Tola, one of the judges of Israel (Judges 10:1).
- An Ahohite, father of Eleazer, one of the three chief leaders of David's fighting men (2 Samuel 23:24) (1 Chronicles 11:26).
DOEG
The meaning of Careful, who acts with uneasiness is "Careful, who acts with uneasiness" Doeg was an Edomite, chief herdsman to Saul, King of Israel. (1 Samuel 21:7) After parting from Jonathan, David fled from Saul's jealous anger and hid in Nob. He went to Ahimelech, the High Priest, claiming to be on a clandestine royal mission. Ahimelech fed David and his men with the showbread, and gave David the sword of Goliath. After parting from Jonathan, David fled from Saul's jealous anger and hid in Nob. He went to Ahimelech, the High Priest, claiming to be on a clandestine royal mission. Ahimelech fed David and his men. Saul summoned Ahimelech and his entire company, asking him why he decided to conspire against him by protecting David. (1 Samuel 22:18)
DOPHKAH
The meaning of Dophkah is "A knocking" A desert camp of the Israelites, the first after leaving the wilderness of Sin (Numbers 33:11-13)
DOR
The meaning of Dor is "Generation" Dor was an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23) whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua, (Joshua 11:1-2). The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in this area (1 Chronicles 7:29)
DORCAS (TABITHA)
The meaning of Dorkas is "gazelle" Also called Tabitha, Dorcas was known for her good works and acts of love for the poor (Acts 9:36); she was much loved in the community of Joppa. When she became ill and died, the believers who knew Dorcas heard that Peter was in the nearby town of Lydda (Acts 9:32), and they sent for him. Peter raised her back to life after she had died (Acts 9:39).
DOTHAN
The meaning of Cabbon is "two wells"
- Dothan is first mentioned in Genesis 37:17 as near the place where Joseph was mistreated by his brothers. At first, they planned to kill Joseph, but Reuben persuaded them to throw him into a cistern instead. Because Dothan was on the caravan route from Egypt to Syria, Judah later suggested that they sell Joseph to Ishmaelite traders (Genesis 37:19–20) (Genesis 26–27). (Genesis 37:17).
- Dothan is mentioned again in the historical narrative as Elisha’s home (2 Kings 6:13). It was in Dothan that God opened the eyes of Elisha’s servant so that he could see the horses and chariots of fire surrounding them (2 Kings 6:17).
DRUSILLA
The meaning of Drusilla is "Watered by the dew" Drusilla is the daughter of Herod Agrippa I King of Judaea and Cypros, and the sister of Berenice, Mariamne and Herod Agrippa II. She was the wife of Felix. Drusilla was renowned for her beauty. (Acts 24:24)
DUMAH
The meaning of Dumah is "silence; hidden meaning; concealment"
- A son of Ishmael, most probably the founder of the Ishmaelite tribe of Arabia, and thence the name of the principal place of district inhabited by that tribe. (Genesis 25:14) (1 Chronicles 1:30) (Isaiah 21:11)
- A city in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron, (Joshua 15:52) represented by the ruins of a village called ed-Daumeh , six miles southwest of Hebron.