Passage Research
Daniel 6 — Sermon Preparation
Jealous officials engineer a trap that lands Daniel in the lions' den, but God shuts the lions' mouths and he is found unharmed. Below is a research summary for Daniel 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 29
- verses
- 551 / 175
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 27
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Daniel 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּנִיֵּאל | Dânîyêʼl | H1841 | 21 | Danijel |
| גֹּב | gôb | H1358 | 10 | pit |
| אֱלָהּ | ʼĕlâhh | H426 | 12 | God |
| אַרְיֵה | ʼaryêh | H744 | 9 | lion. |
| אֲמַר | ʼămar | H560 | 11 | command, declare, say, speak, tell. |
| מַלְכוּ | malkûw | H4437 | 10 | dominion |
| שְׁכַח | shᵉkach | H7912 | 8 | discover |
How preachers through history handled this text
27 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This division of the kingdom into 120 provinces is exactly in accordance with the assertion of Xenophon, who says that Cyrus appointed satraps over the conquered nations. Usher, in his Annals, thinks that Darius followed the suggestion of Cyrus, who instituted this method of government. This verse is reconciled with the first of Esther, by remembering that after the conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, and of Thrace and India by Darius Hystaspes, seven provinces were added to the number. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 1, on Daniel 6:2–27 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Dan 6:10
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