Ancient of Days
Dan 7:9; Dan 7:13; Dan 7:22. The everlasting Jehovah, as contrasted with the ephemeral transitoriness of the four successive world powers, stable as they seemed for a time.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days (`attiq yomin, = Aramaic): On `attiq, see ANCIENT(4). The expression is used in reference to God in Dan (7:9,13,22) and is not intended to suggest the existence of God from eternity. It was the venerable appearance of old age that was uppermost in the writer's mind. "What Daniel sees is not the eternal God Himself, but an aged man, in whose dignified and impressive form God reveals Himself (compare Eze 1:26)" (Keil). ⇒See a list of verses on ANCIENT OF DAYS in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Ancient of Days
A common Syriac expression, used three times of the Divine Being in Daniel (7"- "■ ^), at first without the article (wrongly inserted by AV in v.*), and meaning simply 'old,' 'aged,' (see RV). The expression has no reference to the eternity of God, and does not bear upon the question of the date of the book, as if it carried a contrast to the New Divinities introduced by Antiochus Epiphanes. It is a repre- •entation natural to the fearless anthropomorphism of the Bible, which never hesitates to attribute tc the Deity the form and features of man. The object is to convey the impression of a venerable and majestic aspect. P'i?l', ancient, is properly an Aram, word : in Heb. it occurs once only, in the late passage I Ch 4". A. S. Aglen. ANCLE (Ezk 47*) and ancle-bones (Ac 3').— This is the spelling of AV after Coverdale and Tindale. Camb. Bible and RV spell ankle. In old Eng. the spelling is indifferent. Shaks. has even anckle. Besides the above, RV gives 'ankle chains' in Nu 31=" (AV 'chains'), and in IsS^^lAV ' ornaments of the legs '). J. Hastings. AND is used in AV both as a copulat…
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