This
דְּנָהStrong’s H1836denah (de-nah)
Appears in 53 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Denah is the Aramaic word usually translated “this”, “like this” and “according to this”. It appears in 53 verses of the Old Testament.
“The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.”
Meaning
- This, on account of this
- Therefore
How it's translated
- this 53
- like this 3
- and according to this 1
- and this 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 32
- Ezra 20
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:12In contextFor this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:18In contextThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:24In contextTherefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:28In contextBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
- Daniel 2:29In contextAs for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
- Daniel 2:30In contextBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
Aramaic dictionary
דְּנָה denah · this
demons pron 1) this, on account of this adv 2) therefore
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.