Biblical Hebrew H1779 noun masculine 19 occurrences

דִּין

Transliteration: din (dîn)

Pronunciation: /deen/

“judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice”

Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor (Jeremiah 22:16).

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From דִּין (H1777).

causejudgmentplea

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: דִּין (judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice) -> κρίσις (a seperating, selection, a decision)

LXX conceptual translation: דִּין (judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice) -> δικαίωμα (an ordinance, a sentence, of acquittal)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G2920 κρίσις (krisis — “a seperating, selection, a decision”) G1345 δικαίωμα (dikaioma — “an ordinance, a sentence, of acquittal”)

Foundational passages where דִּין (din) carries significant theological or narrative weight.