dat · law, decree

What it means

dat (דָּת) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “law, decree”.

Law (Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): both the law of God and the law of the king.

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A rule, of God or of the king.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• law ×13
• laws ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×6
• Daniel×8

• Ezra 7:12

  “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens: complete peace. And now:

• Ezra 7:14

  Because you are sent from before the king and his seven counselors to investigate about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your Elah, which is in your hand,

• Ezra 7:21

  And by me, I, Artaxerxes the king, an order is given to all the treasurers who are in the other side of the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the Elah of the heavens, asks of you be done with diligence,

• Ezra 7:25

  And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Elah which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the other side of the river, all who know the laws of your Elah; and whoever does not know them, you shall make them known.

• Ezra 7:26

  And whoever does not carry out the law of your Elah and the law of the king, with diligence let judgment be executed on him, whether for death, or for uprooting, or for a fine of goods, or for imprisonment.”

• Daniel 2:9

  that if you do not make known to me the dream, there is one law for you; and a lying word and corrupt you have agreed to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

• 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 2:15

  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 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 6:8

  Now, O king, establish the prohibition and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

• Daniel 6:12

  Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

• Daniel 6:15

  Then these men came thronging to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no prohibition or statute that the king establishes may be changed.”

• Daniel 7:25

  And words against Illaya he will speak, and the saints of Illaya he will wear out, and he will intend to change times and law; and they will be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.

And 1 more times.