daniel
part of speech
proper noun (Daniel)
meaning for a pupil
1) (Bible) Daniel is a Jewish prophet in the Bible who was taken to Babylon, stayed faithful to God, and was thrown into a den of lions but came out unhurt. tree →
2) Daniel is a common boy's first name. tree →
sense in the lessons
In Sunday school and RE, "Daniel in the lions' den" teaches courage and faith: Daniel kept praying to God even when the king's law forbade it. The Book of Daniel also tells of the fiery furnace and the writing on the wall. In stories and class lists Daniel (Dan, Danny) is just a name.
examples
- Daniel prayed to God three times a day by his open window. tree →
- The king threw Daniel into the lions' den. tree →
- In the morning Daniel was safe, because the lions had not hurt him. tree →
- Daniel sits next to me in maths. tree →
- We sang a song about Daniel and the lions. tree →
- Daniel read the strange writing on the wall for the king. tree →
- "Oh-ho," thought Daniel, "that stone, at any rate, will soon be mine. tree →
note
A name: always capital D. Short forms Dan, Danny. The input word is lower case, but in real text it is a name. "The writing on the wall" (a sign of coming trouble) comes from the Book of Daniel.
In the corpora
- In the class group chat in Vancouver someone posted a silly photo of Daniel mid-sneeze.
- Daniel saw the chat that night and cried; his mum told the school, and the teacher talked to the whole class.
- He said sorry to Daniel face to face and left the chat when it turned mean again.
- Daniel and his friends, captives in Babylon, kept God's food laws and stayed healthy on vegetables and water.
- Daniel kept praying to God three times a day despite a law forbidding it, was thrown to the lions and was kept safe.
Trees and pragmatics
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