Jump to: Smith's • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Easton's Bible Dictionary An umpire or arbiter or judge (Job 9:33). This word is formed from the Latin diem dicere, i.e., to fix a day for hearing a cause. Such an one is empowered by mutual consent to decide the cause, and to "lay his hand", i.e., to impose his authority, on both, and enforce his sentence. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (n.) An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.International Standard Bible Encyclopedia DAYSMANdaz'-man (yakhach, "to argue, decide, convince," the Revised Version (British and American) UMPIRE): The use of this word appears to have been more common in the 16th century than at the later date of the translation of the King James Version, when its adoption was infrequent. The oldest instance of the term given in the Oxford English Dictionary is Plumpton Corresp. (1489), p. 82: "Sir, the dayesmen cannot agre us." It appears also in the 1551 edition of the Old Testament in 1 Samuel 2:25, where the English Versions of the Bible "judge" is translated "dayes-man." Tyndale's translation has for Exodus 21:22, "He shall paye as the dayesmen appoynte him" (EV as the "judges determine"). See also Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, ii, c. 8, published in 1590. As used in the King James Version (Job 9:33) the word means an arbitrator, umpire, referee; one who stands in a judicial capacity between two parties, and decides upon the merits of their arguments or case at law. "Neither is there-any daysman (the Revised Version (British and American) "umpire") betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both" (compare Genesis 31:37). It was the eastern custom for a judge to lay his hands upon the heads of the two parties in disagreement, thus emphasizing his adjudicatory capacity and his desire to render an unbiased verdict. Job might consider a human judge as capable of acting as an umpire upon his own claims, but no man was worthy to question the purposes of Yahweh, or metaphorically, to "lay his hands upon" Him. Strong's Hebrew 3198. yakach -- to decide, adjudge, prove... ie Correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict -- appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge ... /hebrew/3198.htm - 6k Library Blessed be He that Blots Out in Water Misdeeds that are Without ... Job's Sure Knowledge A Mighty Saviour Happy are Ye Whose Bodies have Been Made to Shine! "And if any Man Sin, we have an Advocate with the Father,", The Covenant of Peace Renewed Between Christians. That Worthy Name. Organic and Individual. Christ --Perfect through Sufferings "So Then they that are in the Flesh Cannot Please God. " Thesaurus Daysman (1 Occurrence)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DAYSMAN. ...Daysman (1 Occurrence). Job 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. (KJV). ... /d/daysman.htm - 9k Mediator (7 Occurrences) Mediation Dayspring (2 Occurrences) Day's (19 Occurrences) Betwixt (16 Occurrences) Umpire (1 Occurrence) Resources Daysman: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.comBible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Daysman (1 Occurrence)Job 9:33 Subtopics Related Terms |
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