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Lexicon :: Strong's H1779 - dîn

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דִּין
Transliteration
dîn
Pronunciation
deen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From דִּין (H1777)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 426a

Strong’s Definitions

דִּין dîyn, deen; or (Job 19:29) דּוּן dûwn; from H1777; judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife:—cause, judgement, plea, strife.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H1779 in the following manner: judgment (9x), cause (8x), plea (2x), strife (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1779 in the following manner: judgment (9x), cause (8x), plea (2x), strife (1x).

  1. judgment

    1. judgment

    2. cause, plea

    3. condemnation, judgment

    4. dispute, legal suit, strife

    5. government

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דִּין dîyn, deen; or (Job 19:29) דּוּן dûwn; from H1777; judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife:—cause, judgement, plea, strife.
STRONGS H1779: Abbreviations
† [דּוּן] noun [masculine] dubious; Qr Job 9:29 שַׁדּיּ֯ן; see דִּין noun.

† דִּין noun [masculine] judgment — Deuteronomy 17:8 + 16 times; suffix דִּינִי Psalm 9:5, דִּינֵךְ Jeremiah 30:13; —
1. כסא דין throne of judgment Proverbs 20:8; משׁמים השׁמעת דין from heaven thou didst cause judgment to be heard Psalm 76:9.
2. cause, plea, בין דין לדין between plea and plea Deuteronomy 17:8; דין דין plead a cause Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 22:16; Jeremiah 30:13; עשׂה דין maintain, the cause Psalm 9:5; Psalm 140:13; ידע דין consider the cause Proverbs 29:7; דין לפניו the cause is before him Job 35:14; שׁנה דין change the cause Proverbs 31:5; לְהַטּוֺת מִדִּין דַּלִּים Isaiah 10:2; דין יתום Jeremiah 5:28; דין כל בני חֲלוֺף Proverbs 31:8.
3. judgment, condemnation, דין רשׁע judgment of the wicked Job 36:17; דין ומשׁפט judgment and justice Job 36:17.
4. strife, דין וקלון Proverbs 22:10 (legal strife, law-suit Str).
5. government, דת ודין law and government Esther 1:13.
Note. — לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שַׁדּיּ֯ן Job 19:29 is variously explained.
(1) AV RV that ye may know there is a judgment follow Aq Symm Theod, so De Da, in interpreting שׁ relative + דִּין judgment, but שׁ is unknown to the dialect of Job and דִּין is used only in Elihu section.
(2) reads ὕλη, or ἴσχυς (i.e. שַׁדַּי (compare Job 29:5 ) ? or שֹׁד ?), & Qr שַׁדּוּן, indicating ancient uncertainty and a corrupt text.
(3) Ew Di read שַׁדַּי the Almighty, which accords with usage of Job.
(4) Siegf כִּי שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ (doubtfully).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

17:8; 17:8

Esther

1:13

Job

9:29; 19:29; 29:5; 35:14; 36:17; 36:17

Psalms

9:5; 9:5; 76:9; 140:13

Proverbs

20:8; 22:10; 29:7; 31:5; 31:8

Isaiah

10:2

Jeremiah

5:28; 5:28; 22:16; 30:13; 30:13