Din means “straight course” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1777 — enochos (“in danger of”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1777 דִּין דּוּן (diyn) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. diyn (deen) (or (Gen. 6) v. 1. a straight course, i.e. sail direct [a primitive root] It has 24 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include will, me, and judge. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
diyn (deen) (or (Gen. 6) v. 1. a straight course, i.e. sail direct [a primitive root] KJV: (come) with a straight course.
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to judge
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diyn, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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24 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1777.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
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.
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Din (Strong's H1777) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "straight course". diyn (deen) (or (Gen. 6) v. 1. a straight course, i.e. sail direct [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H1777 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1777 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as will, me, and judge. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.