Passage Research
Daniel 3 — Sermon Preparation
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden statue and walk unharmed through the blazing furnace. Below is a research summary for Daniel 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 631 / 177
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Daniel 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר | Nᵉbûwkadnetstsar | H5020 | 16 | Nebuchadnezzar. |
| נוּר | nûwr | H5135 | 14 | fire |
| עֲבֵד נְגוֹא | ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôwʼ | H5665 | 13 | Abed-Nego |
| מֵישַׁךְ | Mêyshak | H4336 | 13 | Meshak |
| שַׁדְרַךְ | Shadrak | H7715 | 13 | Shadrach. |
| סְגִד | çᵉgid | H5457 | 11 | worship. |
| צֶלֶם | tselem | H6755 | 12 | idolatrous figure |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is not possible to define, as Calvin reminds us, what these instruments were. Researches have been made into the etymology of the Chaldee words, and a comparison instituted between the properties implied and those of modern use and construction. Travelers in the East have compared the music of the present day with that recorded in this verse. A similarity, too, has been pointed out between the instruments of the Syrians and Greeks. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 1, on Daniel 3:5–24 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Dan 3:1
- Dura— Dan 3:1
- Chaldea— Dan 3:8
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