KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Daniel 7:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Until” | עַ֣ד | Until | Until |
| “the Ancient” | עַתִּיק֙ | Venerable | Ancient |
| “of days” | יֽוֹמַיָּ֔א | A day | days |
| “came,” | אֲתָ֗ה | To come, to bring | came |
| “and judgment” | וְדִינָ֣א | Judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife | judgment |
| “was given” | יְהִ֔ב | To give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come | given |
| “to the saints” | לְקַדִּישֵׁ֖י | Sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary | saints |
| “of the most High;” | עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין | The Supreme | most High |
| “and the time” | וְזִמְנָ֣א | An appointed occasion | time |
| “came” | מְטָ֔ה | To arrive, extend or happen | came |
| “that the saints” | קַדִּישִֽׁין׃ | Sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary | saints |
| “possessed” | הֶחֱסִ֥נוּ | To hold in occupancy | possessed |
| “the kingdom.” | וּמַלְכוּתָ֖א | Dominion (abstractly or concretely) | kingdom |
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20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
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