Dinah

[dahy-nuh]

noun

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.”
Tony Bennett’s Winehouse Duet
Jacob Bernstein
September 20, 2011
Who and what is fresh in the new edition edited by Dinah Birch?
The Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard
October 30, 2009

Historical Examples of dinah

This garrulous body, old Dinah Wilson, was talking as Hugh entered.
A Son of Hagar
Sir Hall Caine
"Not yet, sir," answered one of the servants—it was old Dinah Wilson.
A Son of Hagar
Sir Hall Caine
"Ask Mr. Paul if he is ready," he said, when Dinah brought the tray.
A Son of Hagar
Sir Hall Caine
My sister Dinah has, I verily believe, the most sovereign remedy for these pains.
Barrington
Charles James Lever
After all, Dinah, it is not that he holds us more cheaply, but rates himself higher.
Barrington
Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for dinah

Dinah

noun

the daughter of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:21; 34)

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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."