Word Study · Strong's H1779 · Hebrew
דִּין
din
deen
Strong's 1890 spelling: dîyn
“judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
Rendered in the KJV as
cause, judgement, plea, strife.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- דִּ֣ין6
- דִּ֥ין2
- דִ֑ין1
- דִּ֑ין1
- דִּ֖ין1
- דִּ֝֗ין1
- דִּין־1
- דִּינֵ֖ךְ1
- וְדִין־1
- וָדִֽין׃1
- וְדִינִ֑י1
- לְדִ֗ין1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- [the] cause of5
- judgment3
- dispute2
- [the] case1
- [the] case of1
- a cause1
- and cause my1
- and dispute1
- and judgment1
- and judgment of1
- cause your1
- from judgment1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine singular7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- relative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 7
- HNcmsc · 6
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HTr/Ncmsa · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Proverbs5 of 20 · 25%
- Job4 of 20 · 20%
- Jeremiah4 of 20 · 20%
- Psalms3 of 20 · 15%
- Deuteronomy2 of 20 · 10%
Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 17:8דִּ֣יןdinnoun · masculine singularIf 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.here: dispute
- Deuteronomy 17:8לְדִ֗יןledinpreposition + noun · masculine singularIf 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.here: and dispute
Job4 occurrences
- Job 19:29שַׁדּֽוּן׃ סshadinrelative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine singularthen you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”here: that a judgment
- Job 35:14דִּ֥יןdinnoun · masculine singularHow much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,here: [the] case
- Job 36:17וְדִין־vedin-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.here: and judgment of
- Job 36:17דִּ֖יןdinnoun · masculine singularBut now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.here: judgment
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 9:4וְדִינִ֑יvediniconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularFor You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.here: and cause my
- Psalms 76:8דִּ֑יןdinnoun · masculine singularFrom heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was stillhere: judgment
- Psalms 140:12דִּ֣יןdinnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.here: [the] cause of
Proverbs5 occurrences
- Proverbs 20:8דִ֑יןdinnoun · masculine singularA king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.here: judgment
- Proverbs 22:10דִּ֣יןdinnoun · masculine singularDrive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.here: dispute
- Proverbs 29:7דִּ֣יןdinnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.here: [the] case of
- Proverbs 31:5דִּ֣יןdinnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.here: [the] cause of
- Proverbs 31:8דִּ֝֗יןdinnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.here: [the] cause of
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:28דִּ֣יןdinnoun · masculine singularThey have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.here: a cause
- Jeremiah 5:28דִּ֥יןdinnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.here: [the] cause of
- Jeremiah 22:16דִּין־din-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.here: [the] cause of
- Jeremiah 30:13דִּינֵ֖ךְdinekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThere is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.here: cause your
Same headword in Strong's