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Dinaite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Cuthean colonists in Samaria (Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Colonists placed by the Assyrians in the cities of Samaria (Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)). They are not otherwise known.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1784 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Diynay

Phonic:

dee-nah’-ee

Meaning:

(Aramaic) partial from uncertain primitive; a Dinaite or inhabitant of some unknown Assyria province

KJV Usage:

Dinaite

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

gentilic of Dinah

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Judgment; a cause:―an unknown people of Assyrian Empire, Ezra 4:9. {Iudicium}