Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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Altereth
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Daniel 6:12
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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עֲדָא
ʻădâʼ · ad-aw'
2 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: alter, depart, pass (away), remove, take (away).
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Strong's first: Daniel 6:8Strong's last: Daniel 6:12
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Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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alter
AL'TER, verb transitive [Latin alter another. See Alien.]
1. To make some change in; to make different in some particular; to vary in some degree, without an entire change.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips. Psalms 89:34.
2. To change entirely or materially; as, to alter an opinion. In general, to alter is to change partially; to change is more generally to substitute one thing for another, or to make a material difference in a thing.
AL'TER, verb intransitive To become, in some respects, different; to vary; as, the weather alters almost daily.
The law which altereth not. Daniel 4:1.
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