Aramaic

Judge

דְּתָבָרStrong’s H1884

detavar (de-ta-var)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Detavar is the Aramaic word usually translated “judges the”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”

Daniel 3:2 KJV

Meaning

Lawyer, interpreter of decrees, judge

How it's translated

judges the 2

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

Where it's used most

Daniel 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Daniel 3:3In contextThen the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Aramaic dictionary

דְּתָבָר detavar · judge

lawyer, interpreter of decrees, judge

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.]

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.
The Supreme Being.“Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?” Genesis 18:25
One who presides in a court of judicature.
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”

In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers.
A juryman or juror.

JUDGE, verb intransitive

[Latin judico.]

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
To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind.
To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence.“The Lord judge between thee and me” Genesis 16:5
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.

To try; to examine and pass sentence on.“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked” Ecclesiastes 3:17
Rightly to understand and discern.“He that is spiritual, judgeth all things” 1 Corinthians 2:15
To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.“JUDGE not, that ye be not judged” Matthew 7:1
To esteem; to think; to reckon.“If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--” Acts 16:15
To rule or govern.“The Lord shall judge his people” Hebrews 10:30
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.