דָּת (dāt) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning decree. It appears
22 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1881).
Also rendered
law
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 458)
Range of meaning (TWOT 458)decree, law, usage; edict, commission; royal edict, statute; commandment, manner
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
דָּתnoun, feminine: decree, law, usage
1.decree, edict, commission of Pers. king
2.law, permanently valid and applicable
Strong's H1881דָּת: a royal edict or statute KJV:commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.