Daniel Personal Name

דָּנִיֵּאל n.pr.m. Daniel (BH id.);—Dn 2:13, 14 + 50 times Dn.

דָּנִאֵל later דָּנִיֵּאל n.pr.m. (cf. Ew§ 45 d; Ēl is my judge; on a possible connexion with Zend dânu, wise, or wisdom cf. CheOP 107; v. Palm. דנאל Vog93)— 1. son of David 1 Ch 3:1, דָּנִיֵּאל, but dub. cf. CheOP 106; 𝔊 Δαμνιηλ, 𝔊L & Codd. Δαλουια; ‖ 2 S 3:3 כִּלְאָב, 𝔊 Δαλουια KloSm proposes דֹּדִיָּה & in Ch דֹּדִיאֵל, but grounds precarious. 2. דָּנִיֵּאל priest of the line of Ithamar Ezr 8:2 Ne 10:7. 3. דָּנִאֵל a great sage Ez 28:3; classed with Noah and Job as models of righteousness Ez 14:14, 20; perhaps the same as 4. דָּנִיֵּאל, one of the noble young men taken into captivity by Nebuchadrezzar according to Dn 1:1–6, the hero of the book of Daniel, Dn 1:6 + 22 times (also frequently in Aramaic section).

Δανιήλ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. דָּנִיֵּאל, God is my Judge), Daniel, the prophet: Mat.24:15.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)