Hebrew noun (Aramaic, feminine) · H1882
דָּת
dathdawth
law
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dâth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1882is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1882
{a royal edict or statute}
The King James renders it: decree, law.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
dath is rendered "law". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
Ezra 7:12דָּתָ֜א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- law the3
- according to law of2
- and decree the2
- in law of2
- and law1
- decree the1
- decree your1
- law1
- of laws of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| דָּת | dath | law | Uses22 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּדָ֥ת2
- כְּדָת־2
- דָת֙1
- דָתָ֛א1
- דָּתָ֜א1
- דָּתָא֙1
- דָּתָ֣א1
- דָּתֵ֣י1
- דָֽתְכ֗וֹן1
- וְדָ֔ת1
- וְדָתָ֣א1
- וְדָתָא֙1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4ANcbsd/Ta
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4AR/Ncbsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2AC/Ncbsd/Ta
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1AC/Ncbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1ANcbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1ANcbsc/Sp2mp
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1ANcmpc
Ezra
six uses
Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
- דָּתָ֜אdata'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: law the
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
- בְּדָ֥תbedatpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in law of
I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,
- דָּתָא֙data'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: law the
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.
- דָּתֵ֣יdateinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of laws of
If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
- דָּתָ֣אdata'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: law the
- וְדָתָא֙vedata'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and decree the
Daniel
eight uses
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”
- דָֽתְכ֗וֹןdatekhonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: decree your
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
- וְדָתָ֣אvedata'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and decree the
“Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.
- דָתָ֛אdata'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: decree the
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
- בְּדָ֥תbedatpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in law of
Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
- כְּדָת־kedot-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to law of
So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- כְּדָת־kedot-preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to law of
Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”
- דָת֙datnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: law
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- וְדָ֔תvedatconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and law
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.