דָּנִיֵּאל
Daniel
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H1841 appears — 43 distinct verses across 1 book. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Daniel 43 verses
- Daniel 2:13 דָּנִיֵּ֥אל n Proper So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
- Daniel 2:14 דָּנִיֵּ֗אל n Proper Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;
- Daniel 2:15 לְ/דָנִיֵּֽאל prep + n Proper he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Daniel 2:16 וְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל conj + n Proper Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:17 דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אל n Proper Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
- Daniel 2:18 דָּנִיֵּ֣אל n Proper that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should nor perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:19 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֛אל דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל prep + n Proper n Proper Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- Daniel 2:20 דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ n Proper Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
- Daniel 2:24 דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ n Proper Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:25 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל ptcl do + n Proper Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:26 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֔אל prep + n Proper The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation of it?
- Daniel 2:27 דָנִיֵּ֛אל n Proper Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king;
- Daniel 2:46 וּ/לְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל conj + prep + n Proper Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.
- Daniel 2:47 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֜אל prep + n Proper The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this secret.
- Daniel 2:48 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֣אל prep + n Proper Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:49 וְ/דָנִיֵּאל֙ וְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל conj + n Proper conj + n Proper Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
- Daniel 4:8 דָּנִיֵּ֜אל n Proper But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, [saying],
- Daniel 4:19 דָּֽנִיֵּ֜אל n Proper Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, Belteshazzar, don't let the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered, My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and the interpretation of it to your adversaries.
- Daniel 5:12 בְּ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל דָּנִיֵּ֥אל prep + n Proper n Proper because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
- Daniel 5:13 דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל לְ/דָנִיֵּ֗אל דָנִיֵּאל֙ n Proper prep + n Proper n Proper Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?
- Daniel 5:17 דָנִיֵּ֗אל n Proper Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
- Daniel 5:29 לְ/דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ ptcl do + n Proper Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- Daniel 6:2 דָנִיֵּ֖אל n Proper and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no damage.
- Daniel 6:3 דָּנִיֵּ֣אל n Proper Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
- Daniel 6:4 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל prep + n Proper Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
- Daniel 6:5 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֥אל prep + n Proper Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
- Daniel 6:10 וְ֠/דָנִיֵּאל conj + n Proper When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
- Daniel 6:11 לְ/דָנִיֵּ֑אל ptcl do + n Proper Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
- Daniel 6:13 דָנִיֵּ֡אל n Proper Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't regard you, O king, nor the interdict that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.
- Daniel 6:14 דָּנִיֵּ֛אל n Proper Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
- Daniel 6:16 לְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל לְ/דָנִיֵּ֔אל ptcl do + n Proper prep + n Proper Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
- Daniel 6:17 בְּ/דָנִיֵּֽאל prep + n Proper A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
- Daniel 6:20 לְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל לְ/דָנִיֵּ֗אל דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ prep + n Proper prep + n Proper n Proper When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
- Daniel 6:21 דָּנִיֶּ֔אל n Proper Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever.
- Daniel 6:23 וּ/לְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל דָּנִיֵּ֜אל conj + ptcl do + n Proper n Proper Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
- Daniel 6:24 דָֽנִיֵּ֔אל n Proper The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
- Daniel 6:26 דָֽנִיֵּ֑אל n Proper I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
- Daniel 6:27 לְ/דָֽנִיֵּ֔אל ptcl do + n Proper He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
- Daniel 6:28 וְ/דָנִיֵּ֣אל conj + n Proper So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- Daniel 7:1 דָּנִיֵּאל֙ n Proper In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
- Daniel 7:2 דָנִיֵּאל֙ n Proper Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.
- Daniel 7:15 דָנִיֵּ֖אל n Proper As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
- Daniel 7:28 דָֽנִיֵּ֜אל n Proper Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
About this entry
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The Hebrew name דניאל centers on the idea of “Daniel.” The word gravitates to Daniel (100%). It turns up in 43 verses across 1 book, a moderately common footprint. First canonically at Daniel 2:13, it enters the text early. For the data behind this summary, explore 43-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H1841 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 43
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 43 distinct verses.
- 1 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 1 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #718
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 718 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 43 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Daniel 43 verses 100%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 43 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 43 verses · 100%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Daniel 46×
- American Standard Version†: Daniel 44×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Daniel 68×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Daniel 50×, And 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1841 across 52† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1841 across 49† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1841 across 75† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1841 across 57† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. son of David 1 Ch 3:1, דָּנִיֵּאל, but dub. cf. CheOP 106; 𝔊 Δαμνιηλ, 𝔊L & Codd. Δαλουια; ‖ 2 S 3:3 כִּלְאָב, 𝔊 Δαλουια KloSm proposes דֹּדִיָּה & in Ch דֹּדִיאֵל, but grounds precarious. e.g. 1 Chronicles 3:1
- 2. דָּנִיֵּאל priest of the line of Ithamar Ezr 8:2 Ne 10:7. e.g. Ezra 8:2
- 3. דָּנִאֵל a great sage Ez 28:3; classed with Noah and Job as models of righteousness Ez 14:14, 20; perhaps the same as e.g. Ezekiel 28:3
- 4. דָּנִיֵּאל, one of the noble young men taken into captivity by Nebuchadrezzar according to Dn 1:1–6, the hero of the book of Daniel, Dn 1:6 + 22 times (also frequently in Aramaic section). e.g. Daniel 1:1
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
later דָּנִיֵּאל n.pr.m. (cf. Ew§ 45 d; Ēl is my judge; on a possible connexion with Zend dânu, wise, or wisdom cf. CheOP 107; v. Palm. דנאל Vog93)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from דניאל (Dânîyêʼl) (H1840) — Daniel.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּנִיאֵל
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Daniel,
- 1. the Babylonian exile. Snh. 93ᵃ; a. fr.—Erub. 21ᵃ בי כנישתא דד׳ a synagogue named from D., v. בַּרְנֵשׁ.—B. Bath. 14ᵇ; 15ᵃ the Book of Daniel
- 2. name of an Amora. Y. Succ. IV, 54ᵇ bot. Ḥull. 62ᵃ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 41 distinct written forms H1841 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:20 | 2 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:4 | 2 |
| דָנִיֵּ֖אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:2 | 2 |
| דָנִיֵּאל֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 5:13 | 2 |
| דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:19 | 2 |
| דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:24 | 2 |
| דָּנִיֵּ֜אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 4:8 | 2 |
| דָּנִיֵּ֣אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:18 | 2 |
| דָּנִיֵּ֥אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:13 | 2 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:26 | 2 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֗אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 5:13 | 2 |
| בְּ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 5:12 | 1 |
| בְּ/דָנִיֵּֽאל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:17 | 1 |
| דָֽנִיֵּ֑אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:26 | 1 |
| דָֽנִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:24 | 1 |
| דָֽנִיֵּ֜אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 7:28 | 1 |
| דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:20 | 1 |
| דָנִיֵּ֗אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 5:17 | 1 |
| דָנִיֵּ֛אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:27 | 1 |
| דָנִיֵּ֡אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:13 | 1 |
| דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:17 | 1 |
| דָּֽנִיֵּ֜אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 4:19 | 1 |
| דָּנִיֵּ֗אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:14 | 1 |
| דָּנִיֵּ֛אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:14 | 1 |
| דָּנִיֵּאל֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 7:1 | 1 |
| דָּנִיֶּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:21 | 1 |
| וְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:16 | 1 |
| וְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:49 | 1 |
| וְ/דָנִיֵּ֣אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:28 | 1 |
| וְ/דָנִיֵּאל֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:49 | 1 |
| וְ֠/דָנִיֵּאל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:10 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:23 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/דָנִיֵּ֖אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:46 | 1 |
| לְ/דָֽנִיֵּ֔אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:27 | 1 |
| לְ/דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 5:29 | 1 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֑אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:11 | 1 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֛אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:19 | 1 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֜אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:47 | 1 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֣אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:48 | 1 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּ֥אל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 6:5 | 1 |
| לְ/דָנִיֵּֽאל | Noun, Proper | Daniel 2:15 | 1 |
Same root — word family
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Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Daniel). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
God is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David's second son, "born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3).
(2.) One of the four great prophets, although he is not once spoken of in the Old Testament as a prophet. His life and prophecies are recorded in the Book of Daniel. He was descended from one of the noble families of Judah (Dan. 1:3), and was probably born in Jerusalem about B.C. 623, during the reign of Josiah. At the first deportation of the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar (the kingdom of Israel had come to an end nearly a century before), or immediately after his victory over the Egyptians at the second battle of Carchemish, in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim (B.C. 606), Daniel and other three noble youths were carried off to Babylon, along with part of the vessels of the temple. There he was obliged to enter into the service of the king of Babylon, and in accordance with the custom of the age received the Chaldean name of Belteshazzar, i.e., "prince of Bel," or "Bel protect the king!" His residence in Babylon was very probably in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar, now identified with a mass of shapeless mounds called the Kasr, on the right bank of the river.
His training in the schools of the wise men in Babylon (Dan. 1:4) was to fit him for service to the empire. He was distinguished during this period for his piety and his stict observance of the Mosaic law (1:8-16), and gained the confidence and esteem of those who were over him. His habit of attention gained during his education in Jerusalem enabled him soon to master the wisdom and learning of the Chaldeans, and even to excel his compeers.
At the close of his three years of discipline and training in the royal schools, Daniel was distinguished for his proficiency in the "wisdom" of his day, and was brought out into public life. He soon became known for his skill in the interpretation of dreams (1:17; 2:14), and rose to the rank of governor of the province of Babylon, and became "chief of the governors" (Chald. Rab-signin) over all the wise men of Babylon. He made known and also interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream; and many years afterwards, when he was now an old man, amid the alarm and consternation of the terrible night of Belshazzar's impious feast, he was called in at the instance of the queen-mother (perhaps Nitocris, the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar) to interpret the mysterious handwriting on the wall. He was rewarded with a purple robe and elevation to the rank of "third ruler." The place of "second ruler" was held by Belshazzar as associated with his father, Nabonidus, on the throne (5:16). Daniel interpreted the handwriting, and "in that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain."
After the taking of Babylon, Cyrus, who was now master of all Asia from India to the Dardanelles, placed Darius (q.v.), a Median prince, on the throne, during the two years of whose reign Daniel held the office of first of the "three presidents" of the empire, and was thus practically at the head of affairs, no doubt interesting himself in the prospects of the captive Jews (Dan. 9), whom he had at last the happiness of seeing restored to their own land, although he did not return with them, but remained still in Babylon. His fidelity to God exposed him to persecution, and he was cast into a den of lions, but was miraculously delivered; after which Darius issued a decree enjoining reverence for "the God of Daniel" (6:26). He "prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian," whom he probably greatly influenced in the matter of the decree which put an end to the Captivity (B.C. 536).
He had a series of prophetic visions vouch-safed to him which opened up the prospect of a glorious future for the people of God, and must have imparted peace and gladness to his spirit in his old age as he waited on at his post till the "end of the days." The time and circumstances of his death are not recorded. He probably died at Susa, about eighty-five years of age.
Ezekiel, with whom he was contemporary, mentions him as a pattern of righteousness (14:14, 20) and wisdom (28:3). (See NEBUCHADNEZZAR.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(judgment of God).
+ The second son of David, by Abigail the Carmelitess. (1 Chronicles 3:1) In (2 Samuel 3:3) he is called Chileab. (B.C. about 1051.) + The fourth of 'the greater prophets." Nothing is known of his parentage or family. He appears, however, to have been of royal or noble descent, (Daniel 1:3) and to have possessed considerable personal endowments. (Daniel 1:4) He was taken to Babylon in "the third year of Jehoiakim" (B.C. 604), and trained for the king's service. He was divinely supported in his resolve to abstain from the "king's meat" for fear of defilement. (Daniel 1:8-16) At the close of his three years discipline, (Daniel 1:5,18) Daniel had an opportunity of exercising his peculiar gift, (Daniel 1:17) of interpreting dreams, on the occasion of Nebuchadnezzar's decree against the Magi. (Daniel 2:14) ff. In consequence of his success he was made "ruler of the whole province of Babylon." (Daniel 2:48) He afterwards interpreted the second dream of Nebuchadnezzar, (Daniel 4:8-27) and the handwriting on the wall which disturbed the feast of Belshazzar. (Daniel 5:10-28) At the accession of Darius he was made first of the "three presidents" of the empire, (Daniel 6:2) and was delivered from the lion's den, into which he had been cast for his faithfulness to the rites of his faith. (Daniel 6:10-23) cf. Bel and Dr. 29-42. At the accession of Cyrus he still retained his prosperity, (Daniel 6:28) cf. Dani 1:21 Though he does not appear to have remained at Babylon, cf. (Daniel 1:21) and in "the third year of Cyrus" (B.C. 534) he saw his last recorded vision, on the banks of the Tigris. (Daniel 10:1,4) In the prophecies of Ezekiel mention is made of Daniel as a pattern of righteousness, (Ezekiel 14:14,20) and wisdom. (Ezekiel 28:3) The narrative in (Daniel 1:11) implies that Daniel was conspicuously distinguished for purity and knowledge at a very early age. + A descendant of Ithamar, who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:2) + A priest who sealed the covenant drawn up by Nehemiah, B.C. 445. (Nehemiah 10:6) He is perhaps the same as No. 3.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
judgment of God; God my judge
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