Judgment
דִּיןStrong’s H1779din
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Din is the Hebrew word usually translated “cause of”, “judgment” and “dispute”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”
Meaning
- Judgmentcause, plea · condemnation, judgment · dispute, legal suit, strife · government
How it's translated
- cause of 5
- judgment 3
- dispute 2
- and dispute 1
- and judgment 1
- that a judgment 1
- case 1
- and judgment of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 5
- Job 3
- Psalms 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 1
- Esther 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 1:13Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
- Job 19:29Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
- Job 35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- Job 36:17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
- Psalms 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
- Psalms 76:8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
Hebrew dictionary
דִּין din · judgment
1) judgment 1a) judgment 1b) cause, plea 1c) condemnation, judgment 1d) dispute, legal suit, strife 1e) government Aramaic equivalent: din (דִּין "judgment" H1780)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “judgment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JUDG'MENT, noun
The act of judging; the act or process of the mind in comparing its ideas, to find their agreement or disagreement, and to ascertain truth; or the process of examining facts and arguments, to ascertain propriety and justice; or the process of examining the relations between one proposition and another.
- The faculty of the mind by which man is enabled to compare ideas and ascertain the relations of terms and propositions; as a man of clear judgment or sound judgment The judgment may be biased by prejudice. judgment supplies the want of certain knowledge.
- The determination of the mind, formed from comparing the relations of ideas, or the comparison of facts and arguments.
- In law, the sentence of doom pronounced in any cause, civil or criminal, by the judge or court by which it is tried. judgment may be rendered on demurrer, on a verdict, on a confession or default, or on a non-suit. judgment though pronounced by the judge or court, is properly the determination or sentence of the law.
- The right or power of passing sentence.
All definitions
- Determination; decision.
- Opinion; notion.
- In Scripture, the spirit of wisdom and prudence, enabling a person to discern right and wrong, good and evil.“Give the king thy judgments, O God” Psalms 72:1
- A remarkable punishment; an extraordinary calamity inflicted by God on sinners.“Judgments are prepared for scorners” Proverbs 19:29
- The spiritual government of the world.“The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son” John 5:22
- The righteous statutes and commandments of God are called his judgments. Psalms 119:66
- The doctrines of the gospel, or God's word. Matthew 12:18
- Justice and equity. Luke 11:31Isaiah 1:17
- The decrees and purposes of God concerning nations.
- A court or tribunal. Matthew 5:21
- Controversies, or decisions of controversies. 1 Corinthians 6:4
- The gospel, or kingdom of grace. Matthew 12:18
- The final trial of the human race, when God will decide the fate of every individual, and award sentence according to justice.“For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” Ecclesiastes 12:14
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.