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Daniel 3:22–26

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Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
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From verse 22

  1. Proverbs 11:8Rank 1 from verse 22
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    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  2. Proverbs 21:18Rank 2 from verse 22
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    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  3. Acts 12:19Rank 3 from verse 22
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    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.

  4. Daniel 2:15Rank 4 from verse 22
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    15He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

  5. Daniel 6:24Rank 5 from verse 22
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    24¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

  6. Exodus 12:33Rank 6 from verse 22
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    33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

  7. Matthew 27:5Rank 7 from verse 22
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    5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  8. Zechariah 12:2–3Rank 8 from verse 22
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    2Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

    3¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

  9. Daniel 1:7Rank 9 from verse 22
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    7Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.

From verse 23

  1. Daniel 6:16–17Rank 1 from verse 23
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    16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

    17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

  2. Jeremiah 38:6Rank 2 from verse 23
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    6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

  3. Psalms 124:1–5Rank 3 from verse 23
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    1IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

    2If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

    3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

    4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

    5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

  4. Psalms 34:19Rank 4 from verse 23
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    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

  5. Psalms 66:11–12Rank 5 from verse 23
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    11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

    12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

  6. 1 Peter 4:12–13Rank 6 from verse 23
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    12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

    13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

  7. 2 Corinthians 1:8–10Rank 7 from verse 23
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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  8. 2 Corinthians 4:17Rank 8 from verse 23
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    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

  9. Lamentations 3:52–54Rank 9 from verse 23
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    52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

    53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

    54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

From verse 24

  1. Daniel 6:22Rank 1 from verse 24
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    22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  2. Daniel 6:7Rank 2 from verse 24
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    7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:55Rank 3 from verse 24
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    55¶ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

  4. Acts 12:13Rank 4 from verse 24
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    13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

  5. Acts 26:13Rank 5 from verse 24
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    13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

  6. Acts 26:27Rank 6 from verse 24
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    27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

  7. Acts 5:23–25Rank 7 from verse 24
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    23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

    24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

    25Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

  8. Acts 9:6Rank 8 from verse 24
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    6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

  9. Daniel 3:17Rank 9 from verse 24
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    17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

  10. Daniel 3:2–3Rank 10 from verse 24
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    2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

    3Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

  11. Daniel 3:9–10Rank 11 from verse 24
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    9They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

    10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

  12. Daniel 4:22Rank 12 from verse 24
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    22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

  13. Daniel 4:27Rank 13 from verse 24
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    27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

  14. Daniel 5:18Rank 14 from verse 24
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    18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

  15. Daniel 5:6Rank 15 from verse 24
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    6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

From verse 25

  1. Isaiah 43:2Rank 1 from verse 25
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    2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

  2. Acts 28:5Rank 2 from verse 25
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    5And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

  3. Mark 16:18Rank 3 from verse 25
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    18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  4. Psalms 91:3–9Rank 4 from verse 25
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    3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

    4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

    5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

    6Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

    7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

    8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

    9Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

  5. Job 1:6Rank 5 from verse 25
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    6¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

  6. Psalms 34:7Rank 6 from verse 25
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    7The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

  7. 1 Peter 3:13Rank 7 from verse 25
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    13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

  8. Daniel 3:28Rank 8 from verse 25
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    28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

  9. Daniel 3:18Rank 9 from verse 25
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    18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

  10. Job 38:7Rank 10 from verse 25
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    7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  11. Proverbs 30:4Rank 11 from verse 25
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    4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

  12. Romans 1:4Rank 12 from verse 25
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    4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

  13. John 19:7–8Rank 13 from verse 25
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    7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

    8¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

  14. Luke 1:35Rank 14 from verse 25
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    35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

From verse 26

  1. Daniel 3:17Rank 1 from verse 26
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    17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

  2. Daniel 4:2Rank 2 from verse 26
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    2I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

  3. Isaiah 52:12Rank 3 from verse 26
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    12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

  4. Revelation 19:5Rank 4 from verse 26
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    5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

  5. Acts 16:17Rank 5 from verse 26
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    17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

  6. Daniel 2:47Rank 6 from verse 26
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    47The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

  7. Galatians 1:10Rank 7 from verse 26
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    10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

  8. Genesis 14:18Rank 8 from verse 26
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    18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

  9. Joshua 3:17Rank 9 from verse 26
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    17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

  10. Joshua 4:10Rank 10 from verse 26
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    10¶ For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

  11. Acts 16:37Rank 11 from verse 26
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    37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

  12. Acts 27:23Rank 12 from verse 26
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    23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

  13. Daniel 6:20Rank 13 from verse 26
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    20And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

  14. Ezra 5:11Rank 14 from verse 26
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    11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

  15. Isaiah 28:16Rank 15 from verse 26
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    16¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

  16. Joshua 4:16–18Rank 16 from verse 26
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    16Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

    17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

    18And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Daniel 3:22

COMBINED MEANING

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

urgent

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Pressing, insistent, forceful, requiring immediate action, or admitting no willing delay.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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furnace

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Sense 1: An enclosed place or oven for intense heat. Sense 2: Figuratively, severe trial or affliction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hot

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Sense 1: Having great heat. Sense 2: Ardent, vehement, or eager.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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flame

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1. The visible, rising blaze of a fire, which may burn, kindle, or consume. 2. Something likened to such a blaze.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Daniel 3:23

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fell

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1. Came or went down; dropped, bowed, lay flat, collapsed, or lost an upright or raised place. 2. Was slain, died, was overthrown, or came under another's hand or power. 3. Came upon, seized, or affected someone or something, or entered a stated condition such as sickness, sleep, fear, lusting, or a trance. 4. Attacked or set upon. 5. Happened or came to pass. 6. Joined, yielded, went over, or departed from a person, side, office, or former standing. 7. Was assigned or determined by lot or portion. 8. As the present verb fell, to cut or bring down a tree or other standing thing.

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bound

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1. Tied, fastened, wrapped, bandaged, joined, confined, or restrained, literally or figuratively. 2. Placed under a vow, law, duty, obligation, or determined course. 3. Directed or travelling toward a stated place. 4. A limit or boundary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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burning

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fiery

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Consisting of, burning with, heated by, or resembling fire; intensely hot or fierce.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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furnace

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Sense 1: An enclosed place or oven for intense heat. Sense 2: Figuratively, severe trial or affliction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Daniel 3:24

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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rose

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1. A flowering plant or its flower. 2. Arose or stood up.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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haste

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1. To move or act quickly or without delay. 2. Speed or hurry in action.

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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bound

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1. Tied, fastened, wrapped, bandaged, joined, confined, or restrained, literally or figuratively. 2. Placed under a vow, law, duty, obligation, or determined course. 3. Directed or travelling toward a stated place. 4. A limit or boundary.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Daniel 3:25

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lo

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An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

loose

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1. To unbind, untie, detach, release, set free, relax, open, or end a restraint. 2. Unbound or free from restraint.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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walking

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Sense 1: Moving on foot. Sense 2: Figuratively, conducting one's life or behaviour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hurt

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Sense 1: Harm, injury, damage, or loss. Sense 2: To harm, damage, or injure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Daniel 3:26

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

burning

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fiery

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Consisting of, burning with, heated by, or resembling fire; intensely hot or fierce.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

furnace

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Sense 1: An enclosed place or oven for intense heat. Sense 2: Figuratively, severe trial or affliction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hither

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To or toward this place or direction; in “hither and thither,” this way and that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:19¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

3:20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

3:21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

3:22Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

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3:23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

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3:24Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

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3:25He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

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3:26¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

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3:27And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

3:28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

3:29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

3:30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

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