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דִּין (din)

דִּין (din) (Hebrew Lexicon • H1779 • judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice): judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice. Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor ( Jeremiah 22:16 ). Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Canaanite Conquest & Period of the Judges —After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges —from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Ehud (Generation 32 • Child of Gera ): ( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ). (mentioned in Judges 3 , Judges 4 , 1 Chronicles 7 ) Eber (or Heber ) (Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah ): ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ). (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 ) Aram (Generation 12 • Child of Shem ): ( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 ) (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 22 , Numbers 23 ) Caleb (Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh ): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 38 , Numbers 13 )

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include AP.SIR 29:19: "A sinner that falls into suretiship, And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits."; AP.SUS 1:6: "These kept much at Joakim’s house: and all that had any suits in law came to them."; John 18:29 : "Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?". Related canonical books and chapters: Judges 14 ( Judges • Chapter 14 (20 verses)), Judges (Old Testament • 21 Chapters), Luke 18 ( Luke • Chapter 18 (43 verses)).

Topics, People & Places (36)

דִּין

din

H1779 Hebrew

judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice

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

Ehud

74% Gen 32

Generation 32 • Child of Gera

( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ).

Eber (or Heber)

Connected via Peleg 73% Messianic Line

Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah

( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ).

Aram

Connected via Shem 73% Gen 12

Generation 12 • Child of Shem

( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 )

Caleb

Connected via Jephunneh 73% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Noah

Connected via Shem 70% Messianic Line

Generation 10 • Messianic Line • Child of Lamech

( Genesis 5:28-29 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 7:6 ) • ( Genesis 9:29 )

Onan

70% Gen 24

Generation 24 • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:2-4 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 , Genesis 38:9-10 ) Onan did what was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, so He took his life. ( Genesis 38:10 )

Judah

Connected via Onan 69% Messianic Line

Generation 23 • Messianic Line • Child of Jacob/Israel

Judah is a biblical figure in Generation 23 of the Messianic Line , child of Jacob/Israel , parent of Er, Onan , Shelah , Perez , Zerah . ( Genesis 29:35 , 1 Chronicles 2:1 )

Isaac

Connected via Abram/Abraham 69% Messianic Line

Generation 21 • Messianic Line • Child of Abram/Abraham

( Genesis 21:5 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 35:28-29 ) G-d named Isaac before he was even born ( Genesis 17:19 ).

Reu

Connected via Peleg 69% Messianic Line

Generation 16 • Messianic Line • Child of Peleg

Reu is a biblical figure in Generation 16 of the Messianic Line , child of Peleg , parent of Serug . ( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:24-25 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:20-21 )

Jacob/Israel

Connected via Abram/Abraham 68% Messianic Line

Generation 22 • Messianic Line • Child of Isaac

( Genesis 21:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 49:33 ) G-d changed Jacob's name to Israel ( Genesis 32:28 ).

Judges 14

Connected via Judges 68% Chapter

Judges • Chapter 14 (20 verses)

And Samson went down to Timnah , and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. Then his father an... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Timnah 1, Ashkelon .

Shem

68% Messianic Line

Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Peleg

67% Messianic Line

Generation 15 • Messianic Line • Child of Eber (or Heber)

( Genesis 10:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:19 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:18-19 ) The first person of Scripture's genealogies to die after the Flood was someone born after the Flood : Peleg.

Jephunneh

67% Gen 25

Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Judges

66% Old Testament

Old Testament • 21 Chapters

Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."

Abram/Abraham

66% Messianic Line

Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

מִשְׁפָּט

mispat

H4941 Hebrew

judgment, justice, ordinance, right

judgment, justice, ordinance, right. Justice, judicial verdict, case law; encompasses retributive justice against wickedness and protective advocacy for vulnerable (orphan, widow, alien).

Luke 18

65% Chapter

Luke • Chapter 18 (43 verses)

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jerusalem , Jericho , Nazareth .

Aaron

Connected via Abram/Abraham 65% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Amram

( Exodus 6:20 , Numbers 26:59 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 23:13 ) Moses , Aaron, and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Joshua

Connected via Jephunneh 65% Gen 33

Generation 33 • Child of Nun (or Non)

( 1 Chronicles 7:27 ) This is the Joshua, son of Nun , who was Moses ' servant ( Exodus 33:11 ) and who brought the Israelites into their Land ( Joshua 6:6 ). He was 110 years old ( Joshua 24:29 )

Moses

Connected via Jephunneh 64% Gen 26

Generation 26 • Child of Amram

( Exodus 6:20 , Numbers 26:59 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 23:13 ) Moses, Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

νομοθεσία

nomothesia

G3548 Greek

legislation, lawgiving

legislation, lawgiving. Primary meaning: legislation, lawgiving. Strong's: legislation (specially, the institution of the Mosaic code). Lexical nuances: legislation , lawgiving : Ro 9:4 .†

Judges 15

Connected via Judges 63% Chapter

Judges • Chapter 15 (20 verses)

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hate... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Etam 1 , Lehi .

זָעַם

zaam

H2194 Hebrew

to denounce, express indignant fury

to denounce, express indignant fury. To denounce with solemn curse, execute indignant judgment against godless defiance (Numbers 23:7, Malachi 1:4).

צָדַק

sadaq

H6663 Hebrew

to be just, righteous, justify, vindicate

to be just, righteous, justify, vindicate. To be in the right, be declared innocent, vindicate, justify; forensic acquittal in judicial settings.

Perez

62% Messianic Line

Generation 24 • Messianic Line • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:29 , Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:20 , 1 Chronicles 2:4 , 1 Chronicles 4:1 )Perez was the twin brother of Zerah . ( Genesis 38:29-30 )

Eleazar

62% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 6:50 , 24:1 , Ezra 7:5 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Judges 18

Connected via Judges 62% Chapter

Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)

In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .

1 Corinthians 6

61% Chapter

1 Corinthians • Chapter 6 (20 verses)

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Seth

Connected via Shem 61% Messianic Line

Generation 2 • Messianic Line • Child of Adam

Seth is a biblical figure in Generation 2 of the Messianic Line , child of Adam , parent of Enosh . ( Genesis 4:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:1 , Luke 3:38 , Genesis 5:8 )

Canaanite Conquest & Period of the Judges

Connected via Judges 61% Wiki Topic

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges —from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz .

Ruth

61% Old Testament

Old Testament • 4 Chapters

Ruth (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Moab , Judah , Boaz , Jacob/Israel , Leah , Tamar . Key places: Moab , Tamar 2 , Hezron . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to so..."

Judges 8

Connected via Judges 61% Chapter

Judges • Chapter 8 (35 verses)

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes ... Mentions: Ephraim , Midian , Joash , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Penuel .

Terah

Connected via Abram/Abraham 61% Messianic Line

Generation 19 • Messianic Line • Child of Nahor

Terah is a biblical figure in Generation 19 of the Messianic Line , child of Nahor , parent of Haran , Abram/Abraham , Nahor . ( Genesis 11:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 11:32 )

Ithamar

60% Gen 27

Generation 27 • Child of Aaron

( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ).

Scripture Passages (24)

AP.SIR 29:19 (KJV)

KJV

A sinner that falls into suretiship, And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits.

AP.SUS 1:6 (KJV)

KJV

These kept much at Joakim’s house: and all that had any suits in law came to them.

John 18:29 (KJV)

KJV

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

Luke 11:45 (KJV)

KJV

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

Luke 11:46 (KJV)

KJV

And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

1 Samuel 22:13 (KJV)

KJV

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse , in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Samuel 22:8 (KJV)

KJV

That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse , and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

AP.2MA 3:11 (KJV)

KJV

and moreover some money belonging to Hyrcanus the son of Tobias, a man in very high place, and that the case was not as that impious Simon falsely alleged; and that in all there were four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold;

Matthew 5:40 (KJV)

KJV

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

AP.2MA 4:43 (KJV)

KJV

But touching these matters there was an accusation laid against Menelaus.

AP.SIR 46:22 (KJV)

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And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he offered testimony in the sight of the Lord and of his Christ , that he had not taken a bribe from any flesh, not even so much as a shoe, and that no man made an accusation against him.

Luke 7:30 (KJV)

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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

Judges 20:9 (KJV)

KJV

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah ; we will go up by lot against it;

Job 14:17 (KJV)

KJV

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

Acts 18:15 (KJV)

KJV

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

Psalms 118:126 (KJV)

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It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law.

1 Samuel 24:15 (KJV)

KJV

The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

Exodus 18:15 (KJV)

KJV

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

Judges 20:25 (KJV)

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And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

Acts 25:15 (KJV)

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About whom, when I was at Jerusalem , the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

Judges 19:7 (KJV)

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And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

Proverbs 18:17 (KJV)

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He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Isaiah 42:4 (KJV)

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He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Luke 10:26 (KJV)

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He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

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