Lexical Summary dath: decree, law Original Word: דָּתTransliteration: dath Phonetic Spelling: (dawth) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: decree, law Meaning: a royal edict, statute Strong's Concordance decree, law (Aramaic) corresponding to dath; decree, law. see HEBREW dath Brown-Driver-Briggs H1882. dath דָּת noun feminineDaniel 6:9 decree, law (Syriac; Persian loan-word, see Biblical Hebrew); — ׳ד absolute 6:16; 7:25, construct Ezra 7:14 +; emphatic דָּתָא 7:12 +; suffix דָּֽתְכוֺן Daniel 2:9; — 1 decree of king Daniel 2:13, 15; Ezra 7:26; with suffix Daniel 2:9 decree against you. 2 unchangeable law of Medes and Persians Daniel 6:9; 6:13; 6:16. 3 law of God (in mouth of non-Jews): Daniel 6:6; Ezra 7:12, 14, 21, 26, so (absolute) Daniel 7:25; laws of God Ezra 7:25. |