Definitions for Daniel
ˈdæn yəlDaniel

Princeton's WordNet(3.18 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Daniel(noun)

   (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)

2. Daniel(noun)

   a wise and upright judge

   "a Daniel come to judgment" -- Shakespeare

3. Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel(noun)

   an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   The book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

2. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   in regular use since the Middle Ages and recently quite popular.

3. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   A location in the state of Wyoming in the United States (Zip Code: 83115). (From the U.S. Census Bureau 1990)

4. daniel(Noun)

   The buttocks.

5. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

   Synonym: Dan.

   Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

6. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.

   Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.

   Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

7. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.

   "His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.

   Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

8. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   A British patronymic surname, a variant of Daniels.

   Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

9. Daniel(ProperNoun)

   A French patronymic surname.

   Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

10. Daniel(ProperNoun)

    A Portuguese patronymic surname.

    Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

11. Daniel(ProperNoun)

    An Irish surname, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill.

    Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

12. Daniel(ProperNoun)

    A village in central Poland.

    Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

13. Daniel(ProperNoun)

    A town in Utah, United States.

    Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

14. Daniel(ProperNoun)

    A census-designated place in Wyoming, United States.

    Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ ( Dānīḗl ) , from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל‎ ( daniyél , literally " God is my judge") , name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.[1]

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Daniel(noun)

   a Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge

Freebase(3.75 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Daniel

   Daniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways. Through "divine wisdom" from his God, Yahweh, he interpreted dreams and visions of kings, thus becoming a prominent figure in the court of Babylon. Eventually, he had apocalyptic visions of his own that have been interpreted as the Four monarchies. Some of the most famous accounts of Daniel are: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, The writing on the wall and Daniel in the lions' den.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Daniel

   dan′yel, n. in phrase A second Daniel, a wise judge, with reference to the interposition of the wise young Daniel to save Susannah, in one of the Apocryphal additions to the book of Daniel.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Daniel

   a Hebrew of fine physique and rare endowment, who was, while but a youth, carried captive to Babylon, and trained for office in the court of the king; was found, after three years' discipline, to excel "in wisdom and understanding" all the magicians and enchanters of the realm, of which he gave such proof that he rose step by step to the highest official positions, first in the Babylonian and then in the Persian empire. He was a Hebrew prophet of a new type, for whereas the old prophet had, for the most part, more regard to the immediate present and its outlooks, his eye reached forth into the future and foresaw in vision, as his book has foretold in symbol, the fulfilment of the hope for which the fathers of his race had lived and died.

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1. Daniel

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Daniel' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4053

Anagrams for Daniel »

1. Aldine, alined, deal in, dealin', denial, enlaid, inlead, lead-in, nailed

How to pronounce Daniel?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Daniel in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Daniel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Daniel in a Sentence

1. Mike Hulett:

   Daniel Kaye was operating as a highly skilled and capable hacker-for-hire, daniel Kaye activities inflicted substantial damage on numerous businesses in countries around the world, demonstrating the borderless nature of cyber crime.

2. George Shultz:

   Former secretary of state George Shultz, reflecting on forty years of United States foreign policy from 1970 to the present, said, “When I think about all the money we spent on bombs and munitions, and our failures in Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world . . . Instead of advancing our agenda using force, we should have instead built schools and hospitals in these countries, improving the lives of their children. By now, those children would have grown into positions of influence, and they would be grateful to us instead of hating us.” Excerpt From: Daniel J. Levitin. “The Organized Scienceof Mind

3. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld:

   Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto has built up an incredible bench strength beneath Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto continually, gordon Smith has the Jamie Dimon gift of clarity and wit. They are in fantastic hands in terms of next generational cohort.

4. Allison Williams:

   I tend to wonder what that movie would have been with an American brother who really feels that, daniel Kaluuya grew up in a country where they've been interracial dating for 100 years. What would a brother from America have made of that role ? Some things are universal but [ not everything is ].

5. Jake Wark:

   We expect to select a new court date in the coming days and then set the amended trial track. The Suffolk indictments allege two counts of first-degree murder for the July 16, 2012, shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End; three counts of armed assault with intent to murder and one count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon for shots fired at three surviving victims; and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.

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