Aramaic word · H1836
דְּנָה
denah
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A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?
Appears 58 times in 53 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.
Where it appears
Ezra · 24
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Ezra 4:11 דְּנָה֙ this
(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
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Ezra 4:14 דְּנָ֔ה this
Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king
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Ezra 4:15 דְּנָ֔ה this
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
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Ezra 4:16 דְּנָ֔ה this
We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.
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Ezra 4:22 דְּנָ֑ה this
See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?
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Ezra 5:3 דְנָה֙ דְנָ֖ה this
At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
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Ezra 5:4 דְנָ֥ה this
They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”
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Ezra 5:5 דְּנָֽה׃ פ this
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.
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Ezra 5:7 וְכִדְנָה֙ and according to this
The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.
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Ezra 5:9 דְנָה֙ דְנָ֖ה this
So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
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Ezra 5:11 דְּנָה֙ this
And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.
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Ezra 5:12 דְנָה֙ this
But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
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Ezra 5:13 דְנָ֖ה this
In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
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Ezra 5:17 דְּנָ֖ה this
Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
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Ezra 6:11 דְנָ֔ה דְּנָֽה׃ this
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
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Ezra 6:15 דְנָ֔ה this
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
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Ezra 6:16 דְנָ֖ה this
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
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Ezra 6:17 דְנָה֒ this
For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
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Ezra 7:17 דְּנָה֩ דְנָ֗ה this
With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 7:24 דְנָ֑ה this
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
Jeremiah · 1
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Jeremiah 10:11 כִּדְנָה֙ like this
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Daniel · 33
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Daniel 2:10 כִדְנָה֙ like this
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
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Daniel 2:12 דְּנָ֔ה this
This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:18 דְּנָ֑ה this
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:24 דְּנָ֗ה this
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
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Daniel 2:28 דְּנָ֥ה [is] this
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
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Daniel 2:29 דְנָ֑ה this
As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.
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Daniel 2:30 דְנָ֖ה this
And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
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Daniel 2:36 דְּנָ֣ה this
This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.
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Daniel 2:43 דְּנָ֣ה דְּנָ֑ה this
As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.
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Daniel 2:45 דְנָ֑ה this
And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
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Daniel 2:47 דְנָֽה׃ this
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
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Daniel 3:7 דְּנָ֡ה this
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Daniel 3:8 דְּנָה֙ this
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
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Daniel 3:16 דְּנָ֛ה this
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
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Daniel 3:22 דְּנָ֗ה this
The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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Daniel 3:29 כִּדְנָֽה׃ like this
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
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Daniel 4:18 דְּנָה֙ this
This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
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Daniel 4:24 דְּנָ֥ה this
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
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Daniel 5:7 דְנָ֗ה this
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
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Daniel 5:15 דְנָה֙ this
Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.
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Daniel 5:22 דְּנָ֖ה this
But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
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Daniel 5:24 דְנָ֖ה this
Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
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Daniel 5:25 וּדְנָ֥ה and this
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
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Daniel 5:26 דְּנָ֖ה this
And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
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Daniel 6:3 דְּנָ֔ה this
Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
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Daniel 6:5 דְּנָ֖ה this
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
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Daniel 6:9 דְּנָ֑ה this
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
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Daniel 6:10 דְּנָֽה׃ ס this
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
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Daniel 6:28 דְּנָ֔ה this
So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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Daniel 7:6 דְּנָ֜ה this
Next, as I watched, suddenly another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
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Daniel 7:7 דְּנָה֩ this
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.
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Daniel 7:16 דְּנָ֑ה this
I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:
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