Dinah
- Also Douay Bible, Di·na. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.
- a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “vindicated.”
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Contemporary Examples of dinah
At first everyone was apprehensive about it, but I said to her, “You sound like you were influenced by Dinah Washington.”
Who and what is fresh in the new edition edited by Dinah Birch?
Historical Examples of dinah
This garrulous body, old Dinah Wilson, was talking as Hugh entered.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
"Not yet, sir," answered one of the servants—it was old Dinah Wilson.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
"Ask Mr. Paul if he is ready," he said, when Dinah brought the tray.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
My sister Dinah has, I verily believe, the most sovereign remedy for these pains.
BarringtonCharles James Lever
After all, Dinah, it is not that he holds us more cheaply, but rates himself higher.
BarringtonCharles James Lever
Dinah
- the daughter of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:21; 34)
Word Origin and History for dinah
Dinah
fem. proper name, in the Old Testament, Jacob's daughter by Leah, from Hebrew Dinah, literally "judgment," from din "to judge."