דֵּןdên

this

Pronunciation: dane · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1836

Meanings

a. this (Daniel 2:18; Daniel 2:28; Daniel 2:29)

b. after this (Daniel 2:29; Daniel 2:45; Daniel 7:6)

c. like this, thus (Jeremiah 10:10; Daniel 2:10; Esther 4:14)

d. on account of this, therefore (Daniel 3:16; Ezra 4:22; Ezra 5:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 58 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:11 This is a copy of their letter: “To King Artaxerxes, from your loyal subjects in the province west of the Euphrates River.
  • Ezra 4:14 “Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.
  • Ezra 4:15 We suggest that a search be made in your ancestors’ records, where you will discover what a rebellious city this has been in the past. In fact, it was destroyed because of its long and troublesome history of revolt against the kings and countries who controlled it.
  • Ezra 4:16 We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the province west of the Euphrates River will be lost to you.”
  • Ezra 4:22 Be diligent, and don’t neglect this matter, for we must not permit the situation to harm the king’s interests.”
  • Ezra 5:3 But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).