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Daniel 1

Dan. 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Daniel
Daniye'l (Hebrew #1840)
from 1835 and 410; judge of God; Daniel or Danijel, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Daniel.
Pronounce: daw-nee-yale'
Origin: in Ezekiel it is: Daniel {daw-nee-ale'}
purposed
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
in his heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
that he would not defile
ga'al (Hebrew #1351)
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
KJV usage: defile, pollute, stain.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
Origin: a primitive root, (rather identified with 1350, through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating)
himself with the portion
pathbag (Hebrew #6598)
a dainty
KJV usage: portion (provision) of meat.
Pronounce: pathbag'
Origin: of Persian origin
h of the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
meat
pathbag (Hebrew #6598)
a dainty
KJV usage: portion (provision) of meat.
Pronounce: pathbag'
Origin: of Persian origin
, nor with the wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
which he drank
mishteh (Hebrew #4960)
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
KJV usage: banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).
Pronounce: mish-teh'
Origin: from 8354
: therefore he requested
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
of the prince
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of the eunuchs
cariyc (Hebrew #5631)
from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
KJV usage: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare 7249.
Pronounce: saw-reece'
Origin: or caric {saw-reece'}
that he might not defile
ga'al (Hebrew #1351)
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
KJV usage: defile, pollute, stain.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
Origin: a primitive root, (rather identified with 1350, through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating)
himself.
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Deut. 32:38• 38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you. (Deut. 32:38)
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Ezek. 4:13• 13And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them. (Ezek. 4:13)
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Hos. 9:3• 3They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean. (Hos. 9:3)

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Daniel the Prophet,
Eunuch,
Heart,
King,
Meat,
Prince; Princess,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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purposed.
Ruth 1:17‑18• 17where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
 18And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her. (Ruth 1:17‑18)
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1 Kings 5:5• 5And behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy stead, he shall build a house unto my name. (1 Kings 5:5)
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Psa. 119:106,115• 106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
 115Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:106,115)
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Acts 11:23• 23who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord; (Acts 11:23)
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1 Cor. 7:37• 37But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well. (1 Cor. 7:37)
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2 Cor. 9:7• 7each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:7)
defile.Heathen nations not only ate unclean beasts, which were forbidden by Jewish law, but even the clean animals that were eaten were first offered as victims to their gods, and part of the wine was poured out as a libation on their altars.
Hence Athenæus calls the beasts served up at the tables of the Persian kings, [hieria,] victims.
Daniel was therefore resolved not to defile himself with their viands; yet he did not rudely refuse what was intended as a kindness, but mildly and modestly requested the proper officers to indulge him in this respect.
Lev. 11:45‑47• 45For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
 46This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth;
 47to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten. (Lev. 11:45‑47)
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Deut. 32:38• 38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you. (Deut. 32:38)
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Psa. 106:28• 28And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead; (Psa. 106:28)
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Psa. 141:4• 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. (Psa. 141:4)
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Ezek. 4:13‑14• 13And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.
 14Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:13‑14)
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Hos. 9:3‑4• 3They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.
 4They shall pour out no offerings of wine to Jehovah, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be defiled: for their bread shall be for themselves; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah. (Hos. 9:3‑4)
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Acts 10:14‑16• 14And Peter said, In no wise, Lord; for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
 15And there was a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
 16And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven. (Acts 10:14‑16)
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Rom. 14:15‑17• 15For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.
 16Let not then your good be evil spoken of;
 17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 14:15‑17)
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1 Cor. 8:7‑10• 7But knowledge is not in all: but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
 8But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.
 9But see lest anywise this your right to eat itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.
 10For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol? (1 Cor. 8:7‑10)
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1 Cor. 10:18‑21,28‑31• 18See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?
 19What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
 20But that what the nations sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.
 21Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons.
 28But if any one say to you, This is offered to holy purposes, do not eat, for his sake that pointed it out, and conscience sake;
 29but conscience, I mean, not thine own, but that of the other: for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
 30If *I* partake with thanksgiving, why am I spoken evil of for what *I* give thanks for?
 31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all things to God's glory. (1 Cor. 10:18‑21,28‑31)
• The food of the world, that in which man as man, alienated from God as he is, finds his strength and sustenance, is ever destructive to the spiritual life of the Christian. (“Daniel 1” by E. Dennett)
• Deprived of all the privileges of the temple, the temple itself destroyed, themselves captives at the mercy of a heathen monarch, plied, too, with every sort of alluring temptation, they maintained the Nazarite’s place of true separation through obedience to the word of God. (“Daniel 1” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not pollute himself with the king’s delicate food, nor with the wine which he drank; and he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not have to pollute himself.