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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• 38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,{HR}And drank the wine of their drink-offerings?{HR}Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. (Deut. 32:38)
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Ezek. 4:13• 13And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. (Ezek. 4:13)
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Hos. 9:3• 3{i}They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.{/i} (Hos. 9:3)

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Daniel the Prophet,
Eunuch,
Heart,
Kings,
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 thee and me.
 18{i}And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.{/i} (Ruth 1:17‑18)
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1 Kings 5:5• 5{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Kings 5:5)
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Psa. 119:106,115• 106I have sworn, and will perform,{HR}To keep thy righteous judgments.
 115Depart from me, evil-doers;{HR}And I will observe the commandments of my God. (Psa. 119:106,115)
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Acts 11:23• 23who on arriving and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide by the Lord. (Acts 11:23)
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1 Cor. 7:37• 37But he who standeth firm in his heart, having no necessity, and hath authority concerning his own will, and hath judged this in his own heart to keep his own virginity, shall do well. (1 Cor. 7:37)
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2 Cor. 9:7• 7each as he hath purposed in his heart, not of sorrow or of necessity; for God loveth 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• 45{i}For 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.{/i}
 46{i}This 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;{/i}
 47{i}to 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.{/i} (Lev. 11:45‑47)
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Deut. 32:38• 38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,{HR}And drank the wine of their drink-offerings?{HR}Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. (Deut. 32:38)
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Psa. 106:28• 28And they joined themselves to Baal-Peor{HR}And ate sacrifices of dead (beings). (Psa. 106:28)
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Psa. 141:4• 4Incline not my heart to an evil matter (word),{HR}To practice practices in wickedness with men doing iniquity;{HR}And let me not eat of their dainties. (Psa. 141:4)
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Ezek. 4:13‑14• 13And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
 14Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came abominable flesh into my mouth. (Ezek. 4:13‑14)
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Hos. 9:3‑4• 3{i}They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.{/i}
 4{i}They 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.{/i} (Hos. 9:3‑4)
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Acts 10:14‑16• 14But Peter said, By no means, Lord; because never did I eat anything common and unclean.
 15And a voice [came] again a second time unto him, What God cleansed deem not thou common.
 16And this was done thrice; and straightway the vessel was 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 art no longer walking in love. Do not with thy meat destroy him for whom Christ died.
 16Let not then your good be ill 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• 7Howbeit not in all [is] the knowledge, but some with conscience of the idol until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
 8But meat shall not commend us to God; neither if we eat have we the advantage, nor if we eat not do we come short.
 9But see lest in any wise this your title become a stumbling-block to the weak.
 10For if anyone see thee who hast knowledge sitting at table in an idol's temple, shall not his conscience, as he is weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols? (1 Cor. 8:7‑10)
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1 Cor. 10:18‑21,28‑31• 18See Israel according to flesh: are not they that eat the sacrifices in fellowship with the altar?
 19What say I then? that an idol-sacrifice is anything, or that an idol is anything?
 20but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons.
 21Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and a cup of demons; ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of a table of demons.
 28But if anyone say to you, This is sacrificed, eat not for his sake that pointed [it] out, and conscience;
 29but conscience, I say, not one's own, but the other's; for why is my liberty to be judged by another conscience?
 30If I partake with thanks, why am I to be evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
 31Whether then ye eat or drink or do anything, do all things unto 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)