דָנִיֵּאל
Dânîyêʼl · daw-nee-yale'
Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: in Ezekiel it is; דָּנִאֵל; from H1835 (דָּן) and H410 (אֵל); judge of God;
Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Daniel.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָנִיֵּאל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- daniel9 · 31%
- unto daniel3 · 10%
- and daniel2 · 7%
- and i daniel2 · 7%
- i daniel2 · 7%
- than daniel1 · 3%
- but daniel1 · 3%
- over daniel1 · 3%
- none like daniel1 · 3%
- unto me, even unto me daniel1 · 3%
- and it came to pass, when i, even i daniel1 · 3%
- o daniel1 · 3%
- unto me, o daniel1 · 3%
- not, daniel1 · 3%
- but thou, o daniel1 · 3%
- then i daniel1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.