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Daniel 8:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “The shaggy goat [represents] the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece,—and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the goate is the King of Grecia, and the great horne that is betweene his eyes, is the first King.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia, and the great horne that [is] betweene his eyes, is the first king.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the he-goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The he-goat is the King of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the rough goat [is] the king of Yawan: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the rough 8163
{8163} Prime
שָׂעִיר
sa`iyr
{saw-eer'}
From H8175; shaggy; as noun, a he goat; by analogy a faun.
goat 6842
{6842} Prime
צָפִיר
tsaphiyr
{tsaw-feer'}
From H6852; a male goat (as prancing).
[is] the king 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
of Yäwän יָוָן: 3120
{3120} Prime
יָוָן
Yavan
{yaw-vawn'}
Probably from the same as H3196; effervescing (that is, hot and active); Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, that is, Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia.
and the great 1419
{1419} Prime
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
horn 7161
{7161} Prime
קֶרֶן
qeren
{keh'-ren}
From H7160; a horn (as projecting); by implication a flask, cornet; by resemblance an elephant's tooth (that is, ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively power.
that x834
(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
[is] between x996
(0996) Complement
בַּיִן
beyn
{bane}
(Sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly the constructively contracted form of an otherwise unused noun from H0995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjugation, either... or.
his eyes 5869
{5869} Prime
עַיִן
`ayin
{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
[is] the first 7223
{7223} Prime
רִאשׁוֹן
ri'shown
{ree-shone'}
From H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun).
king. 4428
{4428} Prime
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Daniel 8:21

_ _ the first king — Philip was king of Macedon before Alexander, but the latter was the first who, as a generalissimo of Greece, subdued the Persian empire.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Daniel 8:15-27.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the rough:

Daniel 8:5-7 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat [had] a notable horn between his eyes. ... And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Daniel 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

the great:

Daniel 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
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Dn 8:5, 8; 10:20; 11:3.

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