Daniel 5:11
Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data
"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 Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
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...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
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...
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר
Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
חַרְטֹם
charṭôm
a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
כַּשְׂדִּי
Kasdîy
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
Key Terms in This Verse
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar
{Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon}
Study H5020 →כַּשְׂדִּי Kasdîy
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
Study H3778 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →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
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...
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
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