רָזrâz
secret (Daniel 2:18; Daniel 4:6; Daniel 2:19; Daniel 2:27; Daniel 2:30)
Pronunciation: rawz · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7328
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 2:18 He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.
- Daniel 2:27 Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king’s secret.
- Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
- Daniel 2:29 “While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. He who reveals secrets has shown you what is going to happen.
- Daniel 2:30 And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart.
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).