Word Study · Strong's H1781 · Hebrew

דַּיָּן

dayan

dah-yawn'

Strong's 1890 spelling: dayân

“a judge or advocate”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a judge or advocate

Rendered in the KJV as

judge.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וְדַיַּ֣ן1
לְדַיָּ֔ן1

How it is rendered · 2

and a judge of1
into a judge1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Ncmsc · 1
HR/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%
Psalms1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 24:15לְדַיָּ֔ןledaiyanpreposition + noun · masculine singularMay the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”here: into a judge

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 68:5וְדַיַּ֣ןvedaiyanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.here: and a judge of

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled דַּיָּן

H1782 · 1×

דַּיָּן

dayan

“{a judge or advocate}”

Read 1 Samuel 24:15 in context →