Daniel 2:40
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רְבִיעִי
rᵉbîyʻîy
fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בַּרְזֶל
barzel
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
שׁוּף
shûwph
properly, to gape, i.e. snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm
Key Terms in This Verse
דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue w...
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be wi...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
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