Daniel 6:17
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
גֹּב
gôb
a pit (for wild animals) (as cut out)
חֵפֶץ
chêphets
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
עַל
ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
דָּנִיֵּאל
Dânîyêʼl
Danijel, the Hebrew prophet
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵפֶץ chêphets
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
Study H2656 →עַל ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
Study H5922 →Cross References
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
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