KJV dictionary & concordance

daysman

Meaning of “daysman”

An umpire, arbiter, or mediator between parties.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 9:33

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 9:33 · retained source text

Neither is there any dayes-man betwixt vs, that might lay his hand vpon vs both.

1611 marginal noteHeb. one that should argue.

1611 marginal noteOr, Umpire.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

An arbitrator, arbiter, or umpire.

printed p. 264; PDF p. 284; Internet Archive leaf n283

An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.

volume 1, leaf 538, column 2 (main_dictionary)