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To judge

דִּיןStrong’s H1777

din

Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Din is the Hebrew word usually translated “judge”, “judges” and “remain”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.”
Zechariah 3:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. To judge, contend, plead(Qal) · (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel
How it's translated
  • he will judge 6
  • he judges 2
  • to judge 2
  • will remain 1
  • judging 1
  • he has vindicated me 1
  • quarrelling 1
  • let him judge 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 8
  • Genesis 4
  • Jeremiah 4
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • 2 Samuel 1

11 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 24 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 1
32:36
1 Samuel 1
2:10
2 Samuel 1
19:9
Job 1
36:31
Proverbs 1
31:9
Ecclesiastes 1
6:10
Isaiah 1
3:13
Zechariah 1
3:7
Hebrew dictionary

דִּין din · to judge

1) to judge, contend, plead 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as judge, minister judgment 1a2) to plead a cause 1a3) to execute judgment, requite, vindicate 1a4) to govern 1a5) to contend, strive 1b) (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel Aramaic equivalent: din (דִּין "to judge" H1778)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “judge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

JUDGE, noun

[Latin judex, supposed to be compounded of jus, law or right, and dico, to pronounce.]

  1. A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, between parties, according to his commission; as the judges of the king's bench, or of the common pleas; judges of the supreme court, of district courts, or of a county court.
  2. The Supreme Being.“Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?” Genesis 18:25
  3. One who presides in a court of judicature.
  4. One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety.
All definitions and other forms of “judge”
  1. In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers.
  2. A juryman or juror.

JUDGE, verb intransitive

[Latin judico.]

  1. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and thus to distinguish truth from falsehood.“JUDGE not according to the appearance” John 7:24
  2. To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind.
  3. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence.“The Lord judge between thee and me” Genesis 16:5
  4. To discern; to distinguish; to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion.“JUDGE in yourselves; is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?” 1 Corinthians 11:13

JUDGE, verb transitive

To hear and determine a case; to examine and decide.

  1. To try; to examine and pass sentence on.“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked” Ecclesiastes 3:17
  2. Rightly to understand and discern.“He that is spiritual, judgeth all things” 1 Corinthians 2:15
  3. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.“JUDGE not, that ye be not judged” Matthew 7:1
  4. To esteem; to think; to reckon.“If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--” Acts 16:15
  5. To rule or govern.“The Lord shall judge his people” Hebrews 10:30
  6. To doom to punishment; to punish.“I will judge thee according to thy ways” Ezekiel 7:8

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.