דִּין din
Hebrew word for “to judge” · Strong’s H1777 · used 24 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) to judge, contend, plead;
How it is translated
Glosses given for din in context, with how often each is used:
- will judge 6
- judge 3
- judges 2
- will remain 1
- will be judging 1
- has vindicated 1
- quarrelling 1
- him judge 1
- will vindicate 1
- vindicates 1
- plead the cause 1
- contend 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 6 (1), Genesis 15 (1), Genesis 30 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Samuel 19 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 7 (1), Psalms 9 (1)
Forms
- ידין 10
- דן 3
- לדין 3
- ידון 1
- דנני 1
- נדון 1
- תדינני 1
- ודין 1
- דנו 1
- דינו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with din more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּין din “judgment” 3
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 4
- שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 4
- אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 3
- גַּם gam “also” 5
- עָנִי ani “afflicted” 3
- מֵישָׁר meshar “uprightness” 2
- תֵּבֵל tevel “world” 2
- אֶפֶס ephes “end” 2
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 3
- רִיב riv “to contend” 2
- דָּן dan “Dan” 2
Key verses
The verses using din that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 15:14 — And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 — For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
- 1 Samuel 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give…
- Psalms 7:8 — The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
- Psalms 54:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?] Save me, O God, by…
- Psalms 72:2 — He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
- Psalms 96:10 — Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
- Psalms 110:6 — He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- Jeremiah 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the…
- Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
- Jeremiah 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well not this to know me? saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 3:7 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.