Lexical Summary iddar: Threshing floor, heap Original Word: אִדַּר Strong's Exhaustive Concordance threshing floor (Aramaic) intensive, from a root corresponding to 'adar; ample, i.e. A threshing-floor -- threshingfloor. see HEBREW 'adar NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) of foreign origin Definition a threshing floor NASB Translation threshing floors (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [אִדַּר K§ 59 c)] noun masculine threshing-floor (ᵑ7 id., Syr;  , compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchulthLex.3; hence Arabic  as loan-word Frä136; conjectures on etymology LagGes. Abh. 10 HoffmLCB 1882, 320 JenZA vii (1892). 216); — plural construct אִדְּרֵיקַֿיִט Daniel 2:35. Topical Lexicon Scriptural Setting Daniel 2:35 records the only biblical use of אִדַּר, describing how the metals of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue “were crushed together and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found...” (Berean Standard Bible). The verb portrays a total dispersal—no fragment, dust, or memory of those earthly empires survives the divine judgment symbolized by the stone. Imagery and Symbolism • Chaff: Worthless husks separated from grain (Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 41:16). By likening world powers to chaff, Daniel emphasizes their utter futility before God. Historical Background Daniel penned the account in sixth-century Babylon, interpreting a dream that charted succeeding Gentile empires—Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman. The scattering foretold their historical collapse and prefigured the rise of Christ’s everlasting dominion, “a kingdom that will never be destroyed” (Daniel 2:44). Theological Insights 1. Divine Sovereignty: אִדַּר declares God’s unrestricted power to dismantle any regime (Psalm 103:19). Ministry Significance • Preaching: Daniel 2 supplies a paradigm for proclaiming the impermanence of worldly glory and the permanence of God’s kingdom. Related Passages for Study Psalm 1:4; Psalm 35:5; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 41:15-16; Hosea 13:3; Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17; Revelation 19:11-21. Summary Though אִדַּר appears only once, it vividly encapsulates God’s unstoppable judgment that blows every human kingdom into oblivion, clearing the field for the stone that becomes “a great mountain and fills the whole earth.” The word summons readers to anchor their hopes in the everlasting kingdom that alone endures. Forms and Transliterations אִדְּרֵי־ אדרי־ ’id·də·rê- ’iddərê- iddereiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Daniel 2:35 HEB: כְּע֣וּר מִן־ אִדְּרֵי־ קַ֔יִט וּנְשָׂ֤א NAS: from the summer threshing floors; and the wind KJV: the summer threshingfloors; and the wind INT: chaff of threshing the summer carried 1 Occurrence |
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