The Meaning of Daniel 8:21 Explained

Daniel 8:21

KJV: And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

YLT: And the young he-goat, the hairy one, is the king of Javan; and the great horn that is between its eyes is the first king;

Darby: And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.

ASV: And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Daniel 8:21?

MEANING: What does Daniel 8:21 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Daniel 8:21 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Daniel 8:21?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the rough  goat  [is] the king  of Grecia:  and the great  horn  that [is] between his eyes  [is] the first  king. 

What does Daniel 8:21 Mean?

Study Notes

first king
i.e. Alexander the Great.

Context Summary

Daniel 8:15-27 - God's Deliverance Is Sure
It does not fall within our province to go into the various fulfillments which have been assigned to the predictions of this chapter-one to the time of the Maccabees, one to our own days, and one to that malign Satanic power which stands up perpetually against the Prince of princes. Let us dwell, rather, on the assertion that whatever sets itself against the kingship of Jesus Christ shall inevitably be broken. The Church of God is menaced today, as never before, by a vast multiplication of malign influences; but the Master's promise holds good that the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her. They shall be broken without hand. This is our strong confidence with respect to all our foes, and therefore we may possess our souls in patience. It is interesting that Daniel continued to do the king's business, notwithstanding the abundance of the revelations given unto him. However much we may be caught up into the heaven of religious meditation and ecstasy, we must never forget or neglect the interests which are committed to our hands, whether of the home, the business, or the state. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 8

1  Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat
13  The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice
15  Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision

What do the individual words in Daniel 8:21 mean?

And the goat [is] male the kingdom of Greece and the horn large that [is] between its eyes is the king first
וְהַצָּפִ֥יר הַשָּׂעִ֖יר מֶ֣לֶךְ יָוָ֑ן וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּין־ עֵינָ֔יו ה֖וּא הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

וְהַצָּפִ֥יר  And  the  goat  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צָפִיר  
Sense: he-goat.
הַשָּׂעִ֖יר  male 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂעִיר 
Sense: hairy.
מֶ֣לֶךְ  the  kingdom 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יָוָ֑ן  of  Greece 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָוָן  
Sense: a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah.
וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן  and  the  horn 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: קֶרֶן 
Sense: horn.
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙  large 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בֵּין־  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
עֵינָ֔יו  its  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
הָרִאשֽׁוֹן  first 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.

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