What does דִּין · κρίσις mean in the Bible?
דִּין · κρίσις is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a legal case, judgment, or claim for justice".
Hebrew · H1779, G2920
דִּין
Judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife · judgment
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דִּין H1779 judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
κρίσις G2920 judgment
Pronunciation krísis
Divine judgment is the NT's dominant theological use, distinct from human judicial decisions.
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What does דִּין (din) mean in the Bible?
דִּין · κρίσις is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a legal case, judgment, or claim for justice".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1779, G2920?
H1779, G2920 is connected to 21 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a legal case, judgment, or claim for justice
Strong's H1779, G2920
Lexical occurrences 21 verses Source Gloss
a legal case, judgment, or claim for justice
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דִּין is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain