daniyel · Daniel

What it means

daniyel (דָּנִיֵּאל) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Daniel”.

(the Aramaic form of the name): the prophet, one of the exiles of Judah at the court of Babylon. The name means "El is my judge".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:13

  And the law went out, and the wise men were being killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be killed.

• Daniel 2:14

  Then Daniel replied with counsel and prudence to Arioch, the chief of the guard of the king, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 2:15

  He answered and said to Arioch, the captain of the king, “Why is the law so harsh from before the king?” Then Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.

• Daniel 2:16

  And Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would give him time, and he would declare the interpretation to the king.

• Daniel 2:17

  Then Daniel went to his house and made known the matter to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

• Daniel 2:18

  and told them to ask for compassion from before the Elah of the heavens concerning this mystery, so that they would not destroy Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 2:19

  Then to Daniel the mystery was revealed in the vision of the night; then Daniel blessed the Elah of the heavens.

• Daniel 2:20

  Daniel answered and said, “May the name of Elah be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting, for wisdom and power are his.

• Daniel 2:24

  Because of this Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and the interpretation to the king I will declare.”

• Daniel 2:25

  Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man from the sons of the exile of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:26

  The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw and its interpretation?”

• Daniel 2:27

  Daniel answered before the king and said, “The mystery that the king asks, no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or diviners are able to declare to the king.

• Daniel 2:46

  Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and bowed down before Daniel, and he said to offer to him an offering and pleasing aromas.

• Daniel 2:47

  The king answered Daniel and said, “Truly your Elah is Elah of gods and lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

• Daniel 2:48

  Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over all the province of Babylon and chief of the prefects over all the wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel 2:49

  And Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; and Daniel was at the gate of the king.

• Daniel 4:8

  And at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream I told before him:

• Daniel 4:19

  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for about a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your adversaries!

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:13

  Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Are you Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah?

• Daniel 5:17

  Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for 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

  Then Belshazzar gave the word, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold on his neck, and they proclaimed concerning him that he would be ruler as third in the kingdom.

• Daniel 6:2

  and over them three supervisors, of whom Daniel was one, so that these satraps might give them account, and the king might not suffer loss.

• Daniel 6:3

  Then this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the supervisors and the satraps, because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.

• Daniel 6:4

  Then the supervisors and the satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel in regard to the kingdom; but they could find no pretext or fault, because he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found in him.

• Daniel 6:5

  Then these men said, “We will not find against this Daniel any pretext unless we find it against him in the law of his Elah.”

• Daniel 6:10

  And Daniel, when he knew that the writing had been signed, went into his house; and he had windows open in his upper room toward Jerusalem; and three times a day he was kneeling on his knees and praying and giving thanks before his Elah, just as he had been doing before this.

• Daniel 6:11

  Then these men came thronging and found Daniel making a request and pleading before his Elah.

• Daniel 6:13

  Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, has paid no attention to you, O king, or to the prohibition that you signed; but three times a day he makes his request.”

• Daniel 6:14

  Then the king, when he heard the word, was greatly displeased, and on Daniel he set his mind to deliver him; and until the going down of the sun he was striving to rescue him.

• Daniel 6:16

  Then the king gave the word, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of the lions. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Your Elah, whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”

• Daniel 6:17

  And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his signet ring and with the signet ring of his nobles, so that nothing might be changed in the matter regarding Daniel.

• Daniel 6:20

  And as he came near to the den, to Daniel he cried out with an anguished voice. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living Elah, has your Elah, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

• Daniel 6:21

  Then Daniel spoke with the king: “O king, live forever!

• Daniel 6:23

  Then the king was very glad about it, and he said to bring Daniel up from the den. And Daniel was brought up from the den, and no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his Elah.

• Daniel 6:24

  And the king gave the word, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and into the den of the lions they threw them, their children, and their wives; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

• Daniel 6:26

  From before me a decree is made that in all the dominion of my kingdom people are to be trembling and fearing before the Elah of Daniel, for he is the living Elah, and enduring forever; and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed, and his dominion is to the end.

• Daniel 6:27

  He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, he who delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”

• Daniel 6:28

  And this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

• Daniel 7:1

  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed; then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

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