Judgment
דִּיןStrong’s H1780din
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Din is the Aramaic word usually translated “judgment”, “justice” and “court the”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”
Meaning
- Judgment
How it's translated
- judgment 1
- justice 1
- court the 1
- and judgment 1
- and court the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 7:10In contextA fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Daniel 7:22In contextUntil the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
- Daniel 7:26In contextBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
- Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Aramaic dictionary
דִּין din · judgment
judgment Aramaic of din (דִּין "judgment" H1779)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.