אִלֵּיןʼillêyn
these, only Daniel (Daniel 2:44; Daniel 6:7; Daniel 2:40; Daniel 6:3; Daniel 7:17)
Pronunciation: il-lane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H459
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 2:40 Following that kingdom, there will be a fourth one, as strong as iron. That kingdom will smash and crush all previous empires, just as iron smashes and crushes everything it strikes.
- Daniel 2:44 “During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.
- Daniel 6:2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests.
- Daniel 6:6 So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius!
- Daniel 7:17 “These four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth.
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).