Dict: easton - Den

Den @ a lair of wild beasts kjv@Psalms:10:9 kjv@Psalms:104:22; kjv@Job:37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile kjv@Isaiah:11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" kjv@Hebrews:11:38); a resort of thieves kjv@Matthew:21:13; kjv@Mark:11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" kjv@Daniel:6:16-17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common.