How many times is Dinah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Dinah appears 7 times in the King James Version, in 7 verses. Counting every form (Dinah, Dinah's), it appears 8 times in 8 verses across 1 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Dinah 7 times (8 with every form).
Dinah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Dinah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Dinah | 7 | 7 |
| Dinah's | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 8 |
What the name Dinah means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Dinah as "judgment; who judges".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
Which books mention Dinah most
Dinah appears in 1 book of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (8).
First and last mention of Dinah
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
Common questions
How many times is Dinah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 8 of the 8 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Dinah appears in 1 book of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (8).
Where is Dinah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 30:21: "And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah." The last is Genesis 46:15.
What does the name Dinah mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Dinah as "judgment; who judges".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.