Aramaic word · H1797

דִּכֵּן

diken

this

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

this, that

Aramaic of zeh (זֶה "this" H2088)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 3

  1. Daniel 2:31 דִּכֵּ֥ן this

    As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

    Here: A pointing word. Lexicons usually treat it as "that", for something further away ("that statue"), though English versions often say "this". The meaning is nearly the same either way.

  2. Daniel 7:20 דִכֵּ֜ן this

    I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.

    Here: A demonstrative pointing back to it: 'that very horn', the one already mentioned. It singles the horn out for special attention, as v.21 does again.

  3. Daniel 7:21 דִכֵּ֔ן this

    As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

    Here: A pointing word, "that very horn": the one just described in v. 20. KJV/WEB render it "the same horn."

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.