Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging. 2. (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. 3. (n.) A wall of turf or stone. 4. (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. 5. (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. 6. (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch. 7. (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DIKE di'-ke (dike, "justice"): The avenging justice of God personified as a goddess (Acts 28:4). See JUSTICE.