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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.

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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.

Calvin 26 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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