Bible Dictionary: Dinah

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Dinah

judgment; who judges

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Dinah

(judged, acquitted), the daughter of Jacob by Leah. (Genesis 30:21) (B.C. about 1751.) She accompanied her father from Mesopotamia to Canaan, and, having ventured among the inhabitants, was violated by Shechem the son of Hamor, the chieftain of the territory in which her father had settled. Gen. 34. Shechem proposed to make the usual reparation by paying a sum to the father and marrying her. (Genesis 34:12) This proposal was accepted, the sons of Jacob demanding, as a condition of the proposed union, the circumcision of the Shechemites. They therefore assented; and on the third day, when the pain and fever resulting from the operation were at the highest, Simeon and Levi, own brothers of Dinah, attacked them unexpectedly, slew all the males, and plundered their city.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Dinah

Daughter of Jacob by Leah, Genesis 30:21, his only daughter named in Scripture. While the family were sojourning near Shalem, she heedlessly associated with the Canaanitish maidens, and fell a victim to the seductive arts of Shechem, a young prince of the land; but was perfidiously and savagely avenged by Simeon and Levi, her full brothers, to the great grief of Jacob their father, Genesis 34:1-31 49:5,7. She seems to have gone with the family to Egypt, Genesis 46:15.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Genesis 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob's camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem. This led to the terrible revenge of Simeon and Levi in putting the Shechemites to death (Genesis 34). Jacob makes frequent reference to this deed of blood with abhorrence and regret (Genesis 34:30; 49:5-7). She is mentioned among the rest of Jacob's family that went down into Egypt (Genesis 46:8, 15).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DINAH

di'-na (dinah, "justice"): The daughter of Jacob and Leah, whose violation by Shechem, son of Hamor, caused her brothers, especially Simeon and Levi, to slay the inhabitants of Shechem, although they had induced the Shechemites to believe, if they would submit to circumcision, Shechem, the most honored of all the house of his father, would be permitted to have the maiden to whom his soul clave for wife (Genesis 34:1-31). The political elements of the story (compare Genesis 34:21-23, 30) suggest a tribal rather than a personal significance for the narrative.

Nathan Isaacs

Strong's Hebrew

1783. Dinah -- daughter of Jacob
... 1782, 1783. Dinah. 1784 . daughter of Jacob. Transliteration: Dinah
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-naw') Short Definition: Dinah. Word ...
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Library

How they are to be Admonished who Lament Sins of Deed, and those ...
... Which thing is figuratively expressed in the history of Dinah. For it is
written, Dinah went out to see the women of that land; and ...
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Chapter xxxiv
... CHAPTER XXXIV. 10. The Outrage on Dinah Avenged by her Brothers (chapter 34) ... Dinah
must have been at least fourteen years old; fifteen is not impossible. ...
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The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance.
... Shechem. And I was young, about twenty years of age, when with Simeon I
wrought the vengeance on Hamor for our sister Dinah. And ...
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Israel, Therefore, Avoiding the House of his Brother, Sent Forward ...
... Emor, a Chorræan prince, was the ruler of that town. His son Sychem defiled
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob by Leah. Symeon and Levi ...
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Chapter xlvi
... These are the descendants of Leah whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram"and Dinah,
her daughter. ... Consequently Dinah, though mentioned, is not counted. ...
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Chapter xxx
... 21. Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah. ... In fact, Dinah
may actually have been born shortly after the sixth son. ...
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The Book of Jubilees
... and of Beriah (Genesis 46:12, 17), adds in their place four sons of Dan and one
of Naphtali, all of whom died prematurely in Egypt, and makes Dinah to have met ...
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In Judaea
... Zeitg. p.26). Opposite to it were the graves of Bilhah and of Dinah (cp34). Only
five miles from Jerusalem, this pillar was, no doubt, a well-known landmark. ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 5 in judaea.htm

Jer. 6:16 the Good Way.
... Dinah must needs go "to see the daughters of the land," thinking no harm, and ends
by losing her own character, and bringing trouble on her father's house (Gen ...
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To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
... even something of her exaltation, one is irresistibly reminded of another
scene"George Eliot's marvellous description in "Adam Bede" of Dinah's ministry to ...
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Thesaurus

Dinah (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DINAH. ... Multi-Version Concordance Dinah (7 Occurrences).
Genesis 30:21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah. ...
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Dinah's (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Dinah's (2 Occurrences). Genesis 34:11 Shechem
said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor ...
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Hamor (13 Occurrences)
... His son Shechem founded the city of that name which Simeon and Levi destroyed because
of his crime in the matter of Dinah, Jacob's daughter (Genesis 34:20). ...
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Leah (30 Occurrences)
... 29:23). She was "tender-eyed" (17). She bore to Jacob six sons (32-35),
also one daughter, Dinah (30:21). She accompanied Jacob ...
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Defiled (119 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Genesis 34:5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter;
and his sons were with his livestock in the field. ...
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Levi (79 Occurrences)
... 29:34), "This time will my husband be joined [Hebrews yillaveh] unto me." He is
mentioned as taking a prominent part in avenging his sister Dinah (Genesis 34:25 ...
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Daughter (320 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 30:21 Afterwards, she bore a
daughter, and named her Dinah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Shechem (61 Occurrences)
... Then follows the story of Dinah's defilement by Shechem, son of the city's chief;
and of the treacherous and terrible vengeance exacted by Simeon and Levi ...
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Bare (250 Occurrences)
... Jacob the sixth son. (KJV ASV). Genesis 30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter,
and called her name Dinah. (KJV ASV). Genesis 30:23 ...
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Sword (427 Occurrences)
... Genesis 34:25 It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's
sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon ...
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Bible Concordance

Dinah (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 30:21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Dinah

Dinah: Daughter of Jacob and Leah

Dinah: Ravishment of

Related Terms

Dinah's (2 Occurrences)

Hamor (13 Occurrences)

Leah (30 Occurrences)

Defiled (119 Occurrences)

Levi (79 Occurrences)

Daughter (320 Occurrences)

Shechem (61 Occurrences)