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Lexicon :: Strong's H5975 - ʿāmaḏ

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עָמַד
Transliteration
ʿāmaḏ
Pronunciation
aw-mad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1637

Strong’s Definitions

עָמַד ʻâmad, aw-mad'; a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive):—abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 521x

The KJV translates Strong's H5975 in the following manner: stood (171x), stand (137x), (raise, stand...) up (42x), set (32x), stay (17x), still (15x), appointed (10x), standing (10x), endure (8x), remain (8x), present (7x), continue (6x), withstand (6x), waited (5x), establish (5x), miscellaneous (42x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 521x
The KJV translates Strong's H5975 in the following manner: stood (171x), stand (137x), (raise, stand...) up (42x), set (32x), stay (17x), still (15x), appointed (10x), standing (10x), endure (8x), remain (8x), present (7x), continue (6x), withstand (6x), waited (5x), establish (5x), miscellaneous (42x).
  1. to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand

    1. (Qal)

      1. to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of

      2. to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease

      3. to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast

      4. to make a stand, hold one's ground

      5. to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright

      6. to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against

      7. to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to station, set

      2. to cause to stand firm, maintain

      3. to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect

      4. to present (one) before (king)

      5. to appoint, ordain, establish

    3. (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמַד ʻâmad, aw-mad'; a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive):—abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
STRONGS H5975: Abbreviations
עָמַד 520 take one's stand, stand (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician עמד; Assyrian emêdu, stand, set up; Arabic bdb076307 prop up, support, and derivatives; Ethiopic bdb076308 pillar; Targum עַמּוּדָא pillar, Syriac bdb076309, Palmyrene עמודא, compare also proper name תימעמד; Sabean עמד pillar, according to CISiv. 91 (or other derivatives from √ עמד DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 5), plural אעמדן pillars DHMEpigr. Denkm. sus Abess. 80); —
Qal435 Perfect ע׳ Genesis 19:27 +, 3rd person feminine singular עָֽמְדָה 2 Kings 13:6 +, etc.; Imperfect יַעֲמֹד Exodus 21:21, יַעֲמוֺד Nahum 1:6 +, יַעֲמָדֿ 1 Samuel 16:22 +; 1st person singular אֶעֱמֹ֑דָה Habakkuk 2:1, וָאֶעֱמֹד 2 Samuel 1:10; 3rd person masculine plural יַעַמְדוּ Jeremiah 32:14 +, יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Ezekiel 1:21 +, 2nd person masculine plural וַתַּעַמְדוּן Deuteronomy 4:11, etc.; Imperative עֲמֹד 1 Samuel 9:27 +, עֲמָדֿ 2 Samuel 1:9; feminine singular עִמְדִי Isaiah 47:12; Jeremiah 48:19, etc.; Infinitive absolute עָמֹד Esther 9:16; construct עֲמֹד Exodus 18:23 +, suffix עָמְדִי Jeremiah 18:20, עֲמָדְךָ Obadiah 11, etc.; Participle עֹמֵד Isaiah 3:13 +, feminine עֹמֶ֫דֶת Haggai 2:5 +, etc.; —
1.
a. take one's stand, and (especially participle) stand, be in a standing attitude: with עַל by, 1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Kings 2:7 +, so participle Genesis 18:8 (J), Genesis 41:1, 17 (E) +, עַל on, Exodus 3:5 (E), Deuteronomy 27:12 +; with ב location Exodus 32:26; Numbers 22:24, 26 (all J E), +; with אֶל location 1 Kings 20:38 (+ לְ person), Jeremiah 48:19; Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 27:29; with אֶל person 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Kings 5:25; with אֵצֶל Genesis 41:3 (E), Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 10:6; Nehemiah 8:4; with לִפְנֵי Genesis 18:22; 1 Kings 3:16; 1 Kings 8:22 +; before י׳, for intercession Genesis 19:27 (J), Deuteronomy 4:10; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 18:20, etc.; take one's stand and do a thing 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Kings 8:55; 2 Kings 18:28 = Isaiah 36:13 +; followed by infinitive 1 Kings 8:11 2 Chronicles 5:14 +.
b. stand forth (to speak, etc.) 2 Kings 10:9 +.
c. take a stand against (עַל), in opposition to, Judges 6:31; Ezra 10:15 (but stand over, = have charge of, according to KueGes. Abh. 247 f.) 2 Chronicles 26:18; compare עַלדַּֿם Leviticus 19:16 (H) against the blood of, i.e. seek one's blood, life; with יָ֑חַד Isaiah 50:8 together, i.e. against each other.
d. present oneself before (לִפְנֵי) Genesis 43:15 (J), Exodus 9:10 (E), Numbers 27:2, 21 (P), 1 Samuel 16:21 +; before י׳ (in sanctuary) Deuteronomy 19:17; Jeremiah 7:10; compare Jeremiah 18:20; Leviticus 9:5 (P); so in heaven 1 Kings 22:21 2 Chronicles 18:20; with ב location of child at birth Hosea 13:13, in palace (as retainer, courtier) Daniel 1:4
e. with לִפְנֵי attend upon, be(come) servant of 1 Samuel 16:22 (see Dr), 1 Kings 1:2 +; servant of י׳ 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 5:16; Jeremiah 15:19; priests (לְשָֽׁרְתוֺׅ לִפְנֵי י׳ Deuteronomy 10:8; Judges 20:28; Ezekiel 44:15; 2 Chronicles 29:11; of Levites, stand before congregation for menial duties Ezekiel 44:11; Numbers 16:9 (P).
f. stand afar מֵרָחוֺק Exodus 20:18, 21 (E), Isaiah 59:14; Psalm 38:12, בְּר׳ Psalm 10:1; מִנֶּגֶד מֵר׳ 2 Kings 2:7; stand aloof, מִנֶֹּגֶד Obadiah 11; Psalm 38:12.
g. stand (silent) Job 32:16.
h. stand (appealingly) Job 30:20 (but read עָמַדְתָּ, of God, Me Hi Du).
i. stand, subject רֶגֶל Zechariah 14:4 (עַל location), Psalm 122:2 (ב location) so Psalm 26:12 (figurative).
j. stand, of water, עַלהָֿרִים Psalm 104:6. See also prepositions אֶל, אֵצֶל, עַל, מִמַּעַל, עִם, etc.
2.
a. stand still, stop, cease moving, of moon Joshua 10:13 (J E; || וַיִּדֹּם), sun Joshua 10:13, both, Habakkuk 3:11; of person 1 Samuel 9:27 (opposed to עָבַר), 2 Samuel 2:28 (opposed to רָדַף), עִמְדוּ עֲמֹ֫דוּ Nahum 2:9 +; stop flowing (of oil) 2 Kings 4:6; remain standing, with תַּחְתֵּינוּ Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:9 etc.; of eruption in skin = remain unchanged Leviticus 13:23, 28; so (without ת׳) Leviticus 13:5, 37 (all P).
b. = be inactive 2 Chronicles 20:17 (opposed to לְהִלָּחֵם, + הִתְיַצְּבוּ).
c. = be attentive Job 37:14.
d. stop, cease doing a thing 2 Kings 13:18; with מִן Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:9 (both J), Joel 1:15.
3.
a. tarry, delay Genesis 45:9 (E), Joshua 10:19 (J E; opposed to רָדַף), 1 Samuel 20:38 (opposed to מְהֵרָה, חוּשָׁה), +.
b. remain, with ב location 2 Kings 15:20; Deuteronomy 10:10; with עִמָּדִי Deuteronomy 5:28 (opposed to שׁוּב); + infinitive purpose Esther 7:7.
c. continue, abide Jeremiah 32:14; Isaiah 66:22; Psalm 102:27 (opposed to אָבַד); = dwell Exodus 8:18 (J; עַל location); לָעַד Psalm 19:10; Psalm 111:3; Psalm 111:10; Psalm 112:3; Psalm 112:9; לְעוֺלָם Psalm 33:11; Ecclesiastes 1:4; בְּתוֺךְ Haggai 2:5; of plan = be established Psalm 33:11 (earlier קוּם, as Isaiah 14:24), so Esther 3:4; Daniel 11:17 b; = maintain itself (earlier קוּם Joshua 2:11) Ecclesiastes 2:9; לֹא יַעֲמָדבִּֿי כֹחַ Daniel 10:17.
d. endure Exodus 18:23 (E), Ezekiel 22:14 (|| חָזַק).
e. be steadfast Deuteronomy 25:8; Ruth 2:7.
f. persist Ecclesiastes 8:3.
4. make a stand, hold one's ground, Amos 2:15; 2 Kings 10:4; Malachi 3:2 +; with לִפְנֵי Judges 2:14; 2 Kings 10:4 +, בִּפְנֵי Joshua 10:8; Joshua 21:44 (Ginsb; van d. H. Baer Joshua 21:42), Joshua 23:9 (all D); with עַל, for one's life Esther 8:11; Esther 9:16.
5. stand upright:
a. remain standing 2 Kings 13:6; of head 2 Kings 6:31 remain upright upon him (עָלָיו); of house (figurative of endurance) Job 8:15; Proverbs 12:7.
b. stand up, opposed to sit, Nehemiah 8:5; Job 29:8 (+ קוּם); opposed to lie prostrate Ezekiel 2:1 (עַלרַֿגְלֶיךָ), so Ezekiel 37:10 (id.), Daniel 10:1, Daniel 10:11 (עַלעָֿמְדָ֑ךָ), Esther 8:4; of revival after death Daniel 12:13 (late for קוּם).
c. stand up, rise, of water Joshua 3:13 (+ appositive נֵד אֶחָד), Joshua 3:16 (+ קָמוּ + id.; both J E).
d. be erect, upright, of boards Exodus 26:15; Exodus 36:20 (P).
† 6.
a. arise, appear, come on the scene (= קוּם; late) Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65; Psalm 106:30 (compare Ecclus 47:1; Ecclus 47:12), especially Daniel 8:22 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:23; Daniel 11:2, 3, 4; Daniel 12:1, compare Daniel 11:7 (כַּנּוֺ), Daniel 11:20; Daniel 11:21 (עַלכַּֿנּוֺ); with תַּחַת instead of Ecclesiastes 4:15; of war 1 Chronicles 20:4, deliverance Esther 4:14.
b. stand forth, appear = come into being Isaiah 48:13; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 119:90.
c. rise up as foe (earlier קום Amos 7:9; Genesis 4:8), with עַל against 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 20:23; Daniel 8:25; Daniel 11:14, with לְנֶגְדִּי against Daniel 10:13.
7. rare usages are:
a. אֶתֿ ע׳ stand with, as attendant, servitor Genesis 45:1 (E), Numbers 1:5 (P).
b. take one's stand in covenant, בַּבְּרִית 2 Kings 23:3.
c. stand עַלחֶֿרֶב Ezekiel 33:26 (resort to the sword).
d. stand בְּסוֺד י׳ Jeremiah 23:18, 22 (see סוֺד).
e. be appointed Ezra 10:14.
f. stand before (לִפְנֵי) beast Leviticus 18:23 (carnal intercourse)
g. grow flat, insipid (Gie), taste of wine Jeremiah 48:11 (figurative of Moab), or remain unchanged (so most, in that case compare 3b). — עָמְדִי Daniel 11:1b is corrupt, read probably עָמַדְתִּי, or עָמַד (מִיכָאֵל subject), join then to Daniel 10:21 and strike out Daniel 11:1a; so Bev Behrm MartiKau.
Hiph.83 (compare DrIntr. (6) 535) Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱמִיד 1 Kings 12:32 +, 2nd person masculine singular הֶעֱמַדְתָּה Psalm 30:8, וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֫ Numbers 3:6 +, etc., Imperfect יַעֲמִיד Proverbs 29:4 +, וַיַּעֲמֵד 2 Kings 8:1 +; 3rd person feminine singular suffix וַתַּעֲמִדֵנִי Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:24, 1st person plural וַנַּעֲמִיד Nehemiah 4:3, etc.; Imperative הַעֲמֵד Isaiah 21:6; suffix הַעֲמִידֶהָ Ezekiel 24:11; Infinitive absolute הַעֲמֵיד Nehemiah 7:3; construct הַעֲמִיד 1 Kings 15:4 +; Participle מַעֲמִיד 2 Chronicles 18:34 (but see Hoph.): —
1. station, set, with accusative Judges 16:25 (בֵּין); for duty Numbers 11:24 (E; סְבִיבֹת) 1 Kings 12:32 (ב location), 2 Chronicles 19:5 (id.), Nehemiah 13:11(עַלֿ עָמְדָם), Isaiah 21:6 + (Neh 4:7a read perhaps Qal, so PerlesAnal. 65), with עַל against Nehemiah 4:3.
2. cause to stand firm Psalm 18:34 = 2 Samuel 22:34 (with עַל location); maintain (opposed to overthrow) Exodus 9:16 (J), 1 Kings 15:4, compare Proverbs 29:4.
3. cause to stand up, set up, erect, with accusative + עַלרַֿגְלַי Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 3:24, so עַלעָֿמְדִי Daniel 8:18; temple Ezra 2:68 (עַל location), compare 2 Chronicles 24:13; (על location, of repairs); especially doors Nehemiah 3:1 + 7 times Nehemiah; Asherim 2 Chronicles 33:19, compare 2 Chronicles 25:14.
4. + לִפְנֵי present one before king Genesis 47:7 (P), י׳ (in sanctuary) Leviticus 14:11 + 3 times P, + (of goat) Leviticus 16:7, priest Leviticus 27:8 + 4 times P, + (of beast) Leviticus 27:11.
5. appoint Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 15:17 + (late); with עַל over Nehemiah 13:9 +, with infinitive purpose Nehemiah 6:7 +, with 2 accusative 1 Chronicles 15:16; = assign (land) to (ל) 2 Chronicles 33:8 (|| 2 Kings 21:8 נָתַן); appoint courses of priests 2 Kings 8:14; 2Ki 31:2, compare Nehemiah 13:30; ordain commandments, עַל person Nehemiah 10:33, compare 2 Chronicles 30:5; establish עַדהָֿעוֺלָם 1 Chronicles 17:14 (ב location), compare 2 Chronicles 9:8; Psalm 148:6; with accusative of covenant Psalm 105:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:17 (ל person + ל of thing); with חָזוֺן vision Daniel 11:14 (= fulfil, earlier הֵקִים).
6. other meanings:
a. אֶת־פָּנָיו ע׳ 2 Kings 8:11 have a fixed look.
b. with accusative רַגְלַי + ב location Psalm 31:9 (figurative).
c. make to stand (in a covenant; see || 2 Kings 23:3) 2 Chronicles 34:32.
d. restore waste places Ezra 9:9.
e. + לְפָנֶיהָ Esther 4:5, i.e. make servant to.
f. cause wind to arise Psalm 107:25.
g. = raise an army Daniel 11:11, 13. — 2 Chronicles 18:34 see Hoph.; Psalm 30:8 see עֹז; Ezekiel 29:7 see מָעַד.
Hoph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָעֳמַדֿ Leviticus 16:10 be presented (of goat), + לִפְנֵי י׳; Participle הָיָה מָעֳמָד 1 Kings 22:35 he was caused to stand, i.e. propped up, in (ב) his chariot, so read also || 2 Chronicles 18:34 (as Greek Version of the LXX), for MT מַעֲמִיד. — On Perfect הָעֳמַדְתִּי see עֹז Psalm 30:8.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:8; 18:8; 18:22; 19:27; 19:27; 29:35; 30:9; 41:1; 41:3; 41:17; 43:15; 45:1; 45:9; 47:7

Exodus

3:5; 8:18; 9:10; 9:16; 18:23; 18:23; 20:18; 20:21; 21:21; 26:15; 32:26; 36:20

Leviticus

9:5; 13:5; 13:23; 13:28; 13:37; 14:11; 16:7; 16:10; 18:23; 19:16; 27:8; 27:11

Numbers

1:5; 3:6; 11:24; 16:9; 22:24; 22:26; 27:2; 27:21

Deuteronomy

4:10; 4:11; 5:28; 10:8; 10:10; 19:17; 25:8; 27:12

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16; 10:8; 10:13; 10:13; 10:19; 21:42; 21:44; 23:9

Judges

2:14; 6:31; 7:21; 16:25; 20:28

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

9:27; 9:27; 14:9; 16:21; 16:22; 16:22; 17:8; 17:51; 20:38; 26:13

2 Samuel

1:9; 1:10; 2:25; 2:28; 22:34

1 Kings

1:2; 3:16; 8:11; 8:22; 8:55; 12:32; 12:32; 15:4; 15:4; 17:1; 18:15; 20:38; 22:21; 22:35

2 Kings

2:7; 2:7; 3:14; 4:6; 5:16; 5:25; 6:31; 8:1; 8:11; 8:14; 10:4; 10:4; 10:9; 13:6; 13:6; 13:18; 15:20; 18:28; 21:8; 23:3; 23:3

1 Chronicles

15:16; 15:17; 16:17; 17:14; 20:4; 21:1

2 Chronicles

5:14; 9:8; 18:20; 18:34; 18:34; 18:34; 19:5; 20:17; 20:23; 24:13; 25:14; 26:18; 29:11; 30:5; 33:8; 33:19; 34:32

Ezra

2:63; 2:68; 9:9; 10:14; 10:15

Nehemiah

3:1; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7; 6:7; 7:3; 7:3; 7:65; 8:4; 8:5; 10:33; 13:9; 13:11; 13:30

Esther

3:4; 4:5; 4:14; 7:7; 8:4; 8:11; 9:16; 9:16

Job

8:15; 29:8; 30:20; 32:16; 37:14

Psalms

10:1; 18:34; 19:10; 26:12; 30:8; 30:8; 30:8; 31:9; 33:9; 33:11; 33:11; 38:12; 38:12; 102:27; 104:6; 105:10; 106:30; 107:25; 111:3; 111:10; 112:3; 112:9; 119:90; 122:2; 148:6

Proverbs

12:7; 29:4; 29:4

Ecclesiastes

1:4; 2:9; 4:15; 8:3

Isaiah

3:13; 14:24; 21:6; 21:6; 36:13; 47:12; 48:13; 50:8; 59:14; 66:22

Jeremiah

7:10; 15:1; 15:19; 18:20; 18:20; 18:20; 23:18; 23:22; 32:14; 32:14; 48:11; 48:19; 48:19

Ezekiel

1:21; 2:1; 2:2; 2:2; 3:24; 3:24; 9:2; 10:6; 21:26; 22:14; 24:11; 27:29; 29:7; 33:26; 37:10; 44:11; 44:15

Daniel

1:4; 8:18; 8:22; 8:23; 8:25; 10:1; 10:11; 10:13; 10:17; 10:21; 11:1; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:7; 11:11; 11:13; 11:14; 11:14; 11:17; 11:20; 11:21; 12:1; 12:13

Hosea

13:13

Joel

1:15

Amos

2:15; 7:9

Obadiah

1:11; 1:11

Nahum

1:6; 2:9

Habakkuk

2:1; 3:11

Haggai

2:5; 2:5

Zechariah

14:4

Malachi

3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5975 matches the Hebrew עָמַד (ʿāmaḏ),
which occurs 46 times in 38 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:19 - The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers[fn] to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:3 - I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:4 - I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. “Son of man,”[fn] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:18 - While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:22 - The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:23 - “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:11 - He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - Then one who looked like a man[fn] touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:17 - How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:1 - And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:3 - Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:4 - After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted and given to others.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - After some years, they will become allies. The daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to make an alliance, but she will not retain her power, and he and his power[fn] will not last. In those days she will be betrayed, together with her royal escort and her father[fn] and the one who supported her.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - “One from her family line will arise to take her place. He will attack the forces of the king of the North and enter his fortress; he will fight against them and be victorious.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - He will also seize their gods, their metal images and their valuable articles of silver and gold and carry them off to Egypt. For some years he will leave the king of the North alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - “Then the king of the South will march out in a rage and fight against the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be defeated.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - For the king of the North will muster another army, larger than the first; and after several years, he will advance with a huge army fully equipped.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 - “In those times many will rise against the king of the South. Those who are violent among your own people will rebel in fulfillment of the vision, but without success.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - Then the king of the North will come and build up siege ramps and will capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will be powerless to resist; even their best troops will not have the strength to stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:16 - The invader will do as he pleases; no one will be able to stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land and will have the power to destroy it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:17 - He will determine to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will make an alliance with the king of the South. And he will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plans[fn] will not succeed or help him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - “His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21 - “He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - “With a large army he will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South. The king of the South will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to stand because of the plots devised against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:1 - “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:13 - “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.”
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