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Daniel 4 — Sermon Preparation
Nebuchadnezzar is humbled with seven years of madness, then restored to his throne and moved to praise the Most High God. Below is a research summary for Daniel 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 34
- verses
- 599 / 204
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Daniel 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַיִן | shâmayin | H8065 | 16 | heaven. |
| אֲמַר | ʼămar | H560 | 12 | command, declare, say, speak, tell. |
| מַלְכוּ | malkûw | H4437 | 11 | dominion |
| אֲרַע | ʼăraʻ | H772 | 9 | earth, low |
| חֵיוָא | chêyvâʼ | H2423 | 8 | animal |
| חֵלֶם | chêlem | H2493 | 8 | dream |
| אֱנָשׁ | ʼĕnâsh | H606 | 8 | man |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This is the correct rendering of the word yr, gnir, but it has been conjectured that its meaning is the same as tsyr, tzir, being the Chaldee word for "a messenger." Jerome ingeniously conjectures it to be the same as the Greek word Iris, the messenger of heaven. In Job 36:30, the Hebrew is 'yr, air, where Origen reads Irin according to Archbishop Seeker. Willet replies to the question "why the angels are called watchmen," and quotes Calvin's reason with approbation. Rosenmuller approves of Jerome's conjecture, and adduces Hom. Odys., lib. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 1, on Daniel 4:13–24 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Dan 4:29
- Chaldea— Dan 4:7
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