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Raw Strong's Lookup Data

H6663 — tsadaq (צָדַק) — "be right, vindicate"

  • Part of Speech: verb
  • BLB Count: 41
  • Definition: a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense): cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
  • Key occurrences: Gen 38:26; Deut 25:1; 1Ki 8:32; Job 9:2; 13:18; 25:4; Psa 51:6; 82:3; 143:2; Isa 5:23; 43:9; 43:26; 45:25; 50:8; 53:11; Dan 8:14; 12:3
  • Translated "righteous": Gen 38:26; Psa 19:9
  • LXX map: G1344 δικαιόω (dikaioo, "justify") score 26.99; G1342 δίκαιος (dikaios, "just/righteous") score 17.16; G2919 κρίνω (krino, "judge") score 10.49; G2920 κρίσις (krisis, "judgment") score 4.47
  • NOTE: G459 ἄνομος (anomos) also appears in LXX map — connects tsadaq to anomos/lawless

H3499 — yether (יֶתֶר) — "excess, surplus, remainder"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 101
  • Definition: properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope: abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
  • Key: Dan 8:9 uses yether as adverbial modifier of gadal — "grew EXCEEDINGLY"
  • Also in Deut 28:54 (within the covenant-curse passage)

H4704 — mits'eirah (מִצְּעִירָה) — "littleness"

  • Part of Speech: feminine noun
  • BLB Count: 1 — HAPAX LEGOMENON
  • Definition: properly, littleness; concretely, diminutive: little
  • ONLY occurrence: Daniel 8:9
  • Emphasizes the horn's rise from insignificance to surpassing greatness

H8548 — tamid (תָּמִיד) — "continual, daily"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 104
  • Definition: properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice: alway(-s), continual, daily, perpetual.
  • Daniel occurrences: 8:11; 8:12; 8:13; 11:31; 12:11 — ALL as substantive with article (ha-tamid)
  • Torah occurrences: Exo 25:30; 27:20; 28:29,30,38; 29:38,42; 30:8; Lev 6:6,13; 24:2,3,4,8; Num 4:7,16; 9:16; 28:3,6,10,15,23,24,31; 29:6,11,16,19,22,25,28,31,34,38
  • Translated "continual": Exo 29:42; Num 28:3,6,23; 2Ki 25:30; 2Ch 2:4; Pro 15:15; Jer 52:34; Eze 46:15
  • NOTE: In Torah, tamid is ADJECTIVAL (modifying a noun like "burnt offering"). In Daniel, it is SUBSTANTIVE (used alone with the article as a noun: "the continual").

H6588 — pesha (פֶּשַׁע) — "transgression, rebellion"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 93
  • Definition: a revolt (national, moral or religious): rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
  • Key Daniel occurrences: 8:12; 8:13; 9:24
  • Key Isaiah occurrences: 53:5; 53:8
  • Translated "transgression": Job 33:9; 34:6; Psa 19:13; 32:1; Pro 17:19; 28:24; 29:16
  • NOTE: pesha = rebellion/revolt (not just sin). In Dan 8:12 bephasha ("by reason of transgression"), 8:13 ha-pesha shomem ("the transgression of desolation"), 9:24 lekhalle ha-pesha ("to finish the transgression")

H8074 — shamem (שָׁמֵם) — "desolate, devastate"

  • Part of Speech: verb
  • BLB Count: 92
  • Definition: a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy: make amazed, astonish, desolate, destroy, waste, wonder.
  • Daniel cluster: 8:13 (shomem, Qal Ptcp); 8:27 (va-eshtomem, Hithpael); 9:18 (shomemot); 9:26; 9:27 (shomem); 11:31 (meshomem); 12:11 (shomem)
  • Same root in 8:13 (sanctuary desolation) AND 8:27 (Daniel's personal desolation)
  • Translated "desolate": Psa 69:25; Isa 49:8; 54:3; Jer 10:25; 49:20; 50:45; Lam 1:16; Eze 29:12; 30:7,14; 36:3,34; Dan 9:27; Mic 6:13

H5794 — az (עַז) — "fierce, strong"

  • Part of Speech: adjective
  • BLB Count: 23
  • Definition: strong, vehement, harsh: fierce, greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
  • Key: Dan 8:23 and Deut 28:50 are the ONLY two occurrences of az paniym as a construct chain
  • Other uses: Gen 49:7; Exo 14:21; Num 13:28; Jdg 14:14,18; SS 8:6; Isa 25:3; Eze 7:24

H2420 — chiydah (חִידָה) — "riddle, dark sentence"

  • Part of Speech: feminine noun
  • BLB Count: 17
  • Definition: a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim: dark saying, hard question, proverb, riddle.
  • Occurrences: Num 12:8; Jdg 14:12-19 (Samson's riddle); 1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:1 (Queen of Sheba); Psa 49:5; 78:2; Pro 1:6; Eze 17:2; Dan 8:23; Hab 2:6
  • Dan 8:23 is UNIQUE: used as NEGATIVE wisdom attribute ("understanding dark sentences" = expert in deceptive schemes)
  • Psa 78:2 uses chiydah positively (divine parables); Dan 8:23 perverts this

H995 — biyn (בִּין) — "understand, discern"

  • Part of Speech: verb
  • BLB Count: 170
  • Definition: to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e. understand: attend, consider, discern, instruct, perceive, understand.
  • Daniel chain: 1:4,17; 8:5,16,16,17,23,27; 9:2,2,22,22,23,23,23; 10:1,1,11,12,14; 11:30,33,37; 12:8,10
  • This is one of Daniel's most repeated words — the quest for understanding links chs 8-12

H2856 — chatham (חָתַם) — "seal"

  • Part of Speech: verb
  • BLB Count: 27
  • Definition: to close up; especially to seal: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
  • Key: Dan 9:24 (velachtom chazon); Dan 12:4,9 (sealing command)
  • NOTE: H2856 chatham is "seal"; H2852 chathak is "cut off/determine" — Dan 9:24 nechtakh (Niphal of chathak) is HAPAX

H4820 — mirmah (מִרְמָה) — "deceit, craft"

  • Part of Speech: feminine noun
  • BLB Count: 39
  • Definition: fraud: craft, deceit(-ful), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • Key: Dan 8:25 — only verse where translated "craft"
  • Also: Isa 53:9 (no deceit in his mouth); Psa 10:7; 55:12; Jer 9:5,7
  • Translated "deceit": Job 15:35; 31:5; Psa 50:19; Pro 12:5,17; 14:8; 26:24; Isa 53:9; Jer 9:8

H7227 — rab (רַב) — "much, many, great"

  • Part of Speech: adjective/noun
  • BLB Count: 458
  • Dan 8:25: rabbim ("many") — "by peace shall destroy MANY"

H6996 — qatan (קָטָן) — "small, little"

  • Part of Speech: adjective
  • BLB Count: 101
  • Definition: diminutive, literally or figuratively: least, less, little, small, young.
  • NOTE: Dan 8 does NOT use qatan for the horn's smallness — instead uses the HAPAX mits'eirah (H4704)

H7093 — qets (קֵץ) — "end"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 67
  • Definition: an extremity; adverbially after: end, border, infinite, process.
  • Daniel cluster: 8:17,19; 9:26,26; 11:6,13,27,35,40,45; 12:4,6,9,13,13
  • "eth qets" (time of the end) appears in: Dan 8:17; 11:35; 11:40; 12:4; 12:9 — technical eschatological phrase

H8269 — sar (שַׂר) — "prince, chief"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 421
  • Definition: a head person (of any rank or class): captain, chief, governor, prince, ruler.
  • Daniel chain: 1:7,8,9,10,11,18; 8:11 (sar ha-tsaba); 8:25 (sar sarim); 9:6,8; 10:13,13,20,20,21,21; 11:5; 12:1 (ha-sar ha-gadol)
  • Prince chain: sar ha-tsaba (8:11) → sar sarim (8:25) → ha-sar ha-gadol (12:1)
  • Translated "prince": Jer 51:59; Dan 12:1

H5057 — nagid (נָגִיד) — "prince, leader"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 44
  • Definition: a commander: captain, chief, governor, leader, noble, prince, ruler.
  • Daniel: 9:25 (Messiah the Prince/nagid); 9:26 (the prince/nagid that shall come); 11:22 (prince of the covenant)
  • Translated "prince": 1Ki 14:7; 16:2

H4758 — mar'eh (מַרְאֶה) — "sight, vision, appearance"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 103
  • Definition: a view; also an appearance; or a vision.
  • Daniel: 1:4,13,15; 8:15,16,26,27; 9:23; 10:1,6,18
  • In Dan 8: mar'eh = the 2300 evening-morning time prophecy (8:26) and Daniel's response (8:27)
  • DISTINCT from chazon (H2377) which = the broader symbolic vision

H2377 — chazon (חָזוֹן) — "vision"

  • Part of Speech: masculine noun
  • BLB Count: 35
  • Definition: a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle: vision.
  • Daniel: 1:17; 8:1,1,2,13,15,17,26; 9:21,24; 10:14; 11:14
  • In Dan 8: chazon = the broader symbolic vision (sealed in 8:26)
  • Dan 8:26 uses BOTH words: mar'eh (declared true) + chazon (sealed)
  • Dan 9:23: Gabriel returns to explain the mar'eh, confirming Dan 8-9 literary connection

G459 — anomos (ἄνομος) — "lawless"

  • Part of Speech: adjective
  • BLB Count: 10
  • Definition: lawless
  • Occurrences: Mk 15:28; Lk 22:37; Acts 2:23; 1Co 9:21,21; 2Th 2:8; 1Ti 1:9; 2Pe 2:8
  • Key: 2 Thess 2:8 "ho anomos" = "THE Lawless One"
  • LXX connection: Hebrew pasha/posheim → Greek anomos → Paul's "Lawless One"

G4633 — skene (σκηνή) — "tabernacle, tent"

  • Part of Speech: feminine noun
  • BLB Count: 20
  • Key: Rev 13:6 — beast blasphemes God's "tabernacle" (skene)
  • Also: Heb 8:2,5; 9:1,2,3,6,8,11; Rev 15:5; 21:3
  • Rev 13:6 three targets: (1) name (= Dan 8:11 Prince), (2) tabernacle/skene (= Dan 8:11 sanctuary), (3) those dwelling in heaven (= Dan 8:10 host)

H1431 — gadal (גָּדַל) — "be great, magnify"

  • Part of Speech: verb
  • BLB Count: 115
  • Definition: to twist, i.e. to be (causatively make) large: advance, boast, exceed, great, grow up, increase, magnify, promote.
  • Daniel 8 occurrences with stem analysis:
  • 8:4 הִגְדִּֽיל = Hiphil.Perf.3ms (Ram: causative "became great")
  • 8:8 הִגְדִּ֣יל = Hiphil.Perf.3ms + עד מאד (Goat: causative "exceedingly great")
  • 8:9 וַתִּגְדַּל = Qal.Wayq.3fs + יתר (Horn: organic "grew exceeding" — STEM SHIFT)
  • 8:10 וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל = Qal.Wayq.3fs (continues organic growth)
  • 8:11 הִגְדִּ֑יל = Hiphil.Perf.3ms (back to Hiphil: against Prince)
  • 8:25 יַגְדִּ֔יל = Hiphil.Impf.3ms + bilbav ("magnify in heart")
  • 11:36 יִתְגַּדֵּל = Hithpael.Impf.3ms (reflexive: "magnify HIMSELF")