Daniel
דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵלStrong’s H1841daniyyel (da-niy-yel)
Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Daniyyel is the Aramaic word usually translated “daniel”, “more than daniel” and “o daniel”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.”
Meaning
- The 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekielalso, 'Belteshazzar' (H01095 or H01096)
How it's translated
- daniel 36
- to daniel 10
- and daniel 6
- more than daniel 1
- and to daniel 1
- in daniel 1
- with daniel 1
- o daniel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 43
- Ezekiel 3
- Ezra 1
- Nehemiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:14In contextThen Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
- Daniel 2:15In contextHe answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Daniel 2:16In contextThen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:17In contextThen Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
- 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 2:19In contextThen was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Aramaic dictionary
דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל daniyyel · Daniel
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.2 § Daniel = "God is my judge" 1) the 4th of the greater prophets, taken as hostage in the first deportation to Babylon, because of the gift of God of the interpretation of dreams, he became the 2nd in command of the Babylon empire and lasted through the end of the Babylonian empire and into the Persian empire. His prophecies are the key to the understanding of end time events. Noted for his purity and holiness by contemporary prophet, Ezekiel 1a) also, 'Belteshazzar' (H01095 or H01096)
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.