דַּיָּן
dayan · judge
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1781 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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dayan (דַּיָּן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “judge”.
One who decides a case and defends the one who is in the right.
How to say it
da·yan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who decides a case and defends the one in the right.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 24:15
May YHWH be judge and judge between me and you, and may he see and defend my cause and judge me free from your hand.”
- Psalms 68:5
Father of orphans and judge of widows is Elohim in his holy dwelling.