דִּין din

Hebrew word for “judgment” · Strong’s H1779 · used 20 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

1) judgment; 1a) judgment;

How it is translated

Glosses given for din in context, with how often each is used:

• cause 8
• judgment 7
• dispute 3
• case 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 31 (2), Deuteronomy 17 (1), Esther 1 (1), Job 19 (1), Job 35 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 76 (1), Psalms 140 (1), Proverbs 20 (1)

Forms

• דין 13
• ודין 2
• לדין 1
• שׁדון 1
• ודיני 1
• מדין 1
• דינך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with din more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 6
• דִּין din “to judge” 3
• אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 3
• עָנִי ani “afflicted” 3
• יָדַע yada “to know” 4
• יָתוֹם yatom “orphan” 2
• דַּל dal “poor” 2
• דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 2
• כִּסֵּא kisse “throne” 2
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 2
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 2
• דָּבָר davar “word” 3

Key verses

The verses using din that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 17:8 — If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of…
• Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
• Psalms 9:4 — For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
• Psalms 140:12 — I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
• Proverbs 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
• Proverbs 22:10 — Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
• Proverbs 29:7 — The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
• Proverbs 31:8 — Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
• Isaiah 10:2 — To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the…
• 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 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well not this to know me? saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 30:13 — There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

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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.