Dayân — H1781

Definition

masculine noun

a judge or advocate

1. a judge

Usually translated as

judge

Origin

from H1777

• Derived from Dîyn (H1777)

Greek equivalents

• kritḗs (G2923)

Occurrences

Dayân occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (1)

• 1 Samuel 24:15 — The LORD therefore be judge (לְדַיָּ֔ן), and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
• Psalms 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge (וְדַיַּ֣ן) of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.