Daniel

Dan'iel (Heb. and Chald. — Daniyel', דָּנִיֵּאל; also [Eze 14:14,20; Eze 28:3] in the shorter form Daniel', דָּנַאֵל; see below), the name of at least three men.

1. (Sept. Δαμνιήλ v. r. Δαλονϊvα, Vulg. Daniel.) King David's second son, "born unto him in Hebron," "of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1Ch 3:1), B.C. cir. 1051. In the parallel passage, 2Sa 3:3, he is called CHILEAB. For the Jewish explanation of the origin of the two names, see Bochart, Hierozoic. 2:55, p. 663.