Daniel 2:12-13
decree <01882> [the decree.]
sought <01156> [and they.]
Daniel 2:37-45
king .... king ... kings <04430> [a king.]
God <0426> [the God.]
power <02632> [power.]
animals <02423> [the beasts.]
you ...... You .... head <0607 07217> [Thou art.]
The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya: the head of gold represented its immense riches.
another kingdom ........... kingdom one <0317 04437> [another kingdom.]
The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C. 538.
another ........... third ... one <0317 08523> [another third.]
The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, B.C. 331
fourth <07244> [the fourth.]
The Roman empire, which comprised nearly the whole world.
iron .... iron .......... iron <06523> [forasmuch.]
feet <07271> [the feet.]
toes <0677> [the toes.]
fragile <08406> [broken. or, brittle.]
to one another ........ with <01836 05974> [one to another. Chal. this with this. even.]
The Roman empire became weakened by a mixture of barbarous nations, by the incursions of whom it was torn asunder about the fourth century after Christ, and at length divided into ten kingdoms, answering to the ten toes of the image.
days <03118> [in the days. Chal. in their days.]
That is, in the days of one of these kingdoms, (see Ru 1:1,) i.e, the Roman; in which the "God of heaven set up" the spiritual kingdom of the Messiah, which shall yet "become a great mountain, and fill the whole earth."
God <0426> [the God.]
raise up ...................................... stand <06966> [set up.]
everlasting ..................................... forever <05957> [which shall never.]
kingdom ......... kingdom ....................... kingdoms <04437> [kingdom. Chal. kingdom thereof. break.]
saw <02370> [thou sawest.]
not ... human hands <03809 03028> [without hands. or, which was not in hands.]
great <07229> [the great.]
[make known.]
future <0311> [hereafter. Chal. after this.]
Daniel 3:2-7
sent out a summons <07972> [sent.]
satraps <0324> [the princes.]
{Achashdarpenaya,} rendered lieutenants in Es 3:12, etc., probably {chief satraps or viceroys} from the Persian {achash} great, eminent, and {sitrab}, a satrap.
prefects <05460> [the governors.]
{Signaya} in persian, {shagnah} deputies or lieutenants.
governors <06347> [captains.]
{Pacawatha}, governors of provinces. See Es 3:13.
counselors <0148> [the judges.]
{Adargazraya}, chief judges, or senators, from {adar}, great, and Chal. {gezar}, to judge, decree.
treasurers <01411> [the treasurers.]
{Gedavraya}, written {gizzavraya,} Ezr 7:21, treasurers, from the Persian {gunjvar}.
judges <01884> [the counsellors.]
{Dethavraya,} counsellors, judges, from {dath} in Persian, {dad}, law, and {var}, possessor or guardian.
magistrates <08614> [the sheriffs.]
{Tiphtaya} probably the same as the Arabic {Mufti} or head officer of law.
loud <02429> [aloud. Chal. with might.]
command <0560> [it is commanded. Chal. they command.]
peoples <05972> [O people.]
horn <07162> [the cornet.]
{Karna,} the horn.
flute <04953> [flute.]
{Mashrokeetha,} in Syriac, {mashrookeetha,} the [syrinx (syrigx,)] pipe or flute, as Theodotion renders.
pipes <05481> [dulcimer. or, singing. Chal. symphony.]
bow down <05308> [falleth.]
immediately <08160> [the same.]
blazing <03345> [a burning.]
that <01768> [when.]
Therefore ... they all .............. all ..... all ... peoples <03606 05972> [all the people.]
Daniel 3:15
hear <08086> [ye hear.]
zither <07030> [harp.]
{Kaithros,} in Arabic, {kitharat,} Greek [kithara,] the guitar.
trigon <05443> [sackbut.]
{Sabbecha,} [sambuke,] sambuke, a kind of harp.
harp <06460> [psaltery.]
Pesanter, [psalterion,] a stringed instrument struck with a plectrum; probably similar to what is called a psalterium in Egypt, which Hasselquist describes as a large oblique triangle, with two bottoms two inches from each other, and about twenty catguts of different sizes.
pipes <05481> [dulcimer.]
{Soomphanya,} probably the same as the Talmudic [c–wmp¢wneyƒh <\\See definition 05481\\>,] a pipe.
bow down <05308> [ye fall.]
if ..................................... If <02006> [well.]
who <04479> [and who.]
[we are.]
Daniel 3:19-22
Nebuchadnezzar <05020> [was Nebuchadnezzar.]
filled <04391> [full. Chal. filled. the form.]
<06032> [he spake.]
seven times <02298 07655> [one seven.]
than <01768> [than.]
strong soldiers .... army <01401 01400 02429> [most mighty men. Chal. mighty of strength. to bind.]
cloaks <05622> [in their.]
Herodotus says the Babylonish dress was a linen tunic, another of woollen, a white short cloak, and a turban.
cloaks <05622> [coats. or, mantles. hats. or, turbans.]
command <04406> [commandment. Chal. word. urgent.]
leaping <07631> [flame. or, spark. slew.]
Daniel 5:19
bestowed <03052> [that he.]
were ........... wished ... spared .... wished ... exalted .... wished .... brought <01934> [whom he would he slew.]
