HebrewH1779Noun (Masculine)

דִּין

din

14Occurrences
H1779Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife

or (Job 19:29) דּוּן; from H1777 (דִּין);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. judgment 1a) judgment 1b) cause, plea 1c) condemnation, judgment 1d) dispute, legal suit, strife 1e) government Aramaic equivalent: din (*דִּין *"judgment" H1780)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

דִּין appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Proverbs
5
Jeremiah
3
Job
3
Deuteronomy
1
Esther
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 17:8BSB

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

Isaiah 10:2BSB

to deprive the poor of fair treatmentand withhold justice from the oppressed of My people,to make widows their preyand orphans their plunder.

Jeremiah 30:13BSB

There is no one to plead your cause,no remedy for your sores,no recovery for you.

Job 19:29BSB

then you should fear the sword yourselves,because wrath brings punishment by the sword,so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Job 36:17BSB

But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;judgment and justice have seized you.

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