# דַּיָּן (dayan)

Israeli respelling: da-yan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1781. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a judge or advocate

King James renderings: judge.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/dayan-h1781

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/15) — The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
- [Psalms 68:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/5) — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.