Passage Research
Daniel 7 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Daniel 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
- 492 / 183
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 28
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Daniel 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָוָא | hâvâʼ | H1934 | 13 | exist |
| מַלְכוּ | malkûw | H4437 | 12 | dominion |
| חֵיוָא | chêyvâʼ | H2423 | 10 | animal |
| חֲזָא | chăzâʼ | H2370 | 10 | gaze upon, dream |
| קֶרֶן | qeren | H7162 | 10 | horn |
| שׇׁלְטָן | sholṭân | H7985 | 8 | empire |
| יְהַב | yᵉhab | H3052 | 8 |
How preachers through history handled this text
28 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The Expositor who sympathizes most with our Lecturer among writers of our own day, is the late Professor Lee, of Cambridge. In his translations of the Hebrew Scriptures he is unrivaled; no scholar of our age can approach him in the extent of his learning or the soundness of his erudition. His expository system of the prophecies of Daniel and St. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 2, on Daniel 7:8–24 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1 — Dan 7:1
- Great Sea — Dan 7:2
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