Daniel 4:9
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר
Bêlṭᵉshaʼtstsar
{Belteshatstsar, the Babylonian name of Daniel}
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
חַרְטֹם
charṭôm
a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
עָכַר
ʻâkar
properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
חָלַל
châlal
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 (...
Key Terms in This Verse
בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר Bêlṭᵉshaʼtstsar
{Belteshatstsar, the Babylonian name of Daniel}
Study H1096 →עָכַר ʻâkar
properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
Study H5916 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Ne...
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.
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretat...
In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
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