Daniel 3:1

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon."

Word-by-Word Analysis

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר

Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar

H5020

{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}

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the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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an

צֶלֶם

tselem

H6755

an idolatrous figure

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of

זָהָב

zâhâb

H2091

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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קוֹמָה

qôwmâh

H6967

height

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was

שִׁשִּׁים

shishshîym

H8346

sixty

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אַמָּה

ʼammâh

H520

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

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and the

רֹחַב

rôchab

H7341

width (literally or figuratively)

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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שֵׁשׁ

shêsh

H8337

six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth

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אַמָּה

ʼammâh

H520

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

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he

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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it up in the

עֲרָבָה

ʻărâbâh

H6160

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

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of

דּוּרָא

Dûwrâʼ

H1757

Dura, a place in Babylonia

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in the

מְדִינָה

mᵉdîynâh

H4082

properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region

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of

בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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Key Terms in This Verse

Dura H1757

דּוּרָא Dûwrâʼ

Dura, a place in Babylonia

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province H4082

מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh

properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region

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Nebuchadnezzar H5020

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar

{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}

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height H6967

קוֹמָה qôwmâh

height

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plain H6160

עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

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breadth H7341

רֹחַב rôchab

width (literally or figuratively)

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threescore H8346

שִׁשִּׁים shishshîym

sixty

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image H6755

צֶלֶם tselem

an idolatrous figure

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six H8337

שֵׁשׁ shêsh

six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth

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cubits H520

אַמָּה ʼammâh

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

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Cross References

Habakkuk 2:19 cross-reference

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

Jeremiah 16:20 cross-reference

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

Isaiah 46:6 cross-reference

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Hosea 8:4 cross-reference

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Acts 17:29 cross-reference

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

Acts 19:26 cross-reference

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

Psalm 135:15 cross-reference

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Isaiah 2:20 cross-reference

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

1 Kings 12:28 cross-reference

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egyp...

Deuteronomy 7:25 cross-reference

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the L...

Exodus 32:31 cross-reference

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

Daniel 2:48 cross-reference

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 5:23 cross-reference

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and ...

Exodus 20:23 cross-reference

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Jeremiah 10:9 cross-reference

Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m...

Isaiah 30:22 cross-reference

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence...

Revelation 9:20 cross-reference

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, a...

Esther 1:1 cross-reference

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Daniel 3:30 cross-reference

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

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