Daniel 8:4

pushing i.e. butting:cf. Exodus 21:28 (-gore"); and applied figuratively to peoples, Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalms 44:5 (-push down," properly -butt").

stand before him so Daniel 8:7. For the expression cf. 2 Kings 10:4.

did according to his will did exactly what he pleased; cf. Daniel 11:3; Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:36; Nehemiah 9:24; Esther 1:8; Esther 9:5 (the Heb. in all being the same).

and became great and did greatly, or (R.V.) magnified himself. The verb (in the conjug. here used) means to shew greatness, to do greatly, usually in a bad sense; e.g. Psalms 55:12; Jeremiah 48:26; Jeremiah 48:42; Lamentations 1:9. So Daniel 8:8; Daniel 8:11; Daniel 8:25. The verse describes the irresistible advances of the Persian arms, especially in the direction of Palestine, Asia Minor, and Egypt, with particular allusion to the conquests of Cyrus and Cambyses.