Strong H1783דִּינָה
Dinah
- Transliteration
- dîynâh
- Pronunciation
- dee-naw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Feminine of H1779; justice;
{Dinah} the daughter of Jacob: - Dinah.
{Dinah} the daughter of Jacob: - Dinah.
Meaning of the name
Dinah = "judgment"
Detailed definition
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.21;
daughter of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
sister of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Zebulun (H2074);
half-sister of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144)
daughter of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
sister of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485) and Zebulun (H2074);
half-sister of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144)
In the biblical story
Dinah
Daughter of Jacob and Leah
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, was raped by Shechem, leading to a violent confrontation between her brothers and the Shechemites. (Gen.30.21; 34.1,3,5,13,25,26; 46.15)
In the Bible
Strong H1783 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dinah7
- s1
First verses
- Genesis 30:21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
- Genesis 34:1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Genesis 34:5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
- Genesis 34:13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
- Genesis 34:25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
- Genesis 34:26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
- Genesis 46:15These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan–aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.