Biblical meaning of the name Daniel

Meaning

“God is my judge”

From the Hebrew Daniyye’l (דָנִיֵּאל): dan (to judge) and El (God). Strong’s lexicon sums it up as “judge of God”.

In the original:דָנִיֵּאל Dânîyêʼl · Strong H1840

Who was Daniel in the Bible?

Daniel was taken to Babylon as a young man and served in the court of foreign kings without giving up his faith. He prayed three times a day with his windows open towards Jerusalem, even when it cost him the lions’ den. The book that bears his name gathers these stories and his visions.

Where the name appears

Daniel 1:6

Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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