Passage Research
Daniel 2 — Sermon Preparation
Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a colossal statue as a sequence of world empires ultimately crushed by God's eternal kingdom. Below is a research summary for Daniel 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 49
- verses
- 842 / 242
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 38
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Daniel 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּנִיֵּאל | Dânîyêʼl | H1841 | 18 | Danijel |
| אֲמַר | ʼămar | H560 | 18 | command, declare, say, speak, tell. |
| יְדַע | yᵉdaʻ | H3046 | 17 | certify, know, make known, teach. |
| פַּרְזֶל | parzel | H6523 | 14 | iron |
| הָוָא | hâvâʼ | H1934 | 16 | exist |
| פְּשַׁר | pᵉshar | H6591 | 13 | interpretation |
| חֵלֶם | chêlem | H2493 | 11 | dream |
How preachers through history handled this text
38 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Its Date. -- The assertion of the first verse has created some difficulty, in consequence of its not allowing time enough for the Jewish youth to become a man. Jerome attempts to solve it by supposing the point of departure to be not his reign over Judea, but of his dominion over other nations, as the Assyrians and Egyptians. He seems justified in this view by the words of Josephus, (Antiq., lib. 10 chapter 10. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 1, on Daniel 2:1–37 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Chaldea— Dan 2:10
- Babylon 1— Dan 2:12
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