Person · one of several with this name
Daniel
Also called Belteshazzar
In the book of Daniel, a young Judean taken to Babylon who interprets the king's dreams and is thrown into a den of lions for praying to his God.
See Daniel 1:6, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:16.
A lion marks Daniel in the reading view: “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths” (Daniel 6:22).
Mentioned in 72 verses across 4 books, first in Ezekiel 14:14. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
How artists have pictured him
3 works from different centuries and traditions. Each shows how its time and place imagined Daniel, not how he looked.
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In these stories
In the Bible
The first 10 of 72 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 14:14
then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 14:20
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
- Ezekiel 28:3
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
Daniel
- Daniel 1:6
Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
- Daniel 1:7
The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
- Daniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
- Daniel 1:9
Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,
- Daniel 1:10
but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
- Daniel 1:11
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
- Daniel 1:17
To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
Events
Events the dataset lists Daniel as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 606 BCProphecies of Daniel
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Beltis protect the king!, the Chaldee name given to Daniel by Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 1:7).