Daniel
From Christianity Knowledge Base
Young captive taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He eventually became a powerful political figure.
In Hebrew his name is דניאל (pronounced: dah-nee-ayl). This is a compound word meaning, "God is my judge." It comes from the words דני (my judge) and אל (God).
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Prophets in the Hebrew Bible | |
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| Patriarchs | Abel · Kenan · Enoch · Noah · Eber · Abraham · Isaac · Jacob · Sarah · Rebecca · Rachel · Joseph |
| Israelite prophets in the Torah | Moses · Aaron · Miriam · Eldad & Medad · Phinehas |
| Prophets mentioned in the First Prophets | Joshua · Deborah · Eli · Elkanah · Hannah · Abigail · Samuel · Saul · David · Solomon · Gad · Nathan · Jeduthun · Ahiyah · Elijah · Elisha · Shemaiah · Iddo · Azariah · Hanani · Jehu · Micaiah · Jahaziel · Eliezer · Zechariah ben Jehoiada · Oded · Huldah · Uriah · Hilkiah · |
| Major Prophets | Isaiah · Jeremiah · Ezekiel · Daniel |
| Minor Prophets | Hosea · Joel · Amos · Obadiah · Jonah · Micah · Nahum · Habakkuk · Zephaniah · Haggai · Zechariah · Malachi |
| Noahide prophets | Beor · Balaam · Job · Eliphaz · Bildad · Zophar · Elihu |
| Other prophets | Amoz · Beeri · Baruch · Buzi · Mordecai · Esther |
| Italics denote that the status as a prophet is not universally accepted. | |
| This page uses content from Theopedia, which favors a Calvinistic/Reform POV. The original article was at Daniel. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with the Christianity Knowledge Base, the text of Theopedia is under CC-BY-SA. |
