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H643 · Hebrew · Old Testament
אַפַּדֶּן
Appeden
Noun, masculine
Palace, Royal pavilion

Definition

The Hebrew noun appeden (H643) is a Persian loanword referring to a royal palace, tent, or pavilion — specifically the magnificent royal tent-palace of a king. It appears once in Daniel 11:45 in a prophetic context describing the final king's pavilion set up between the seas.

Usage & Theological Significance

The appeden represents the apex of human power and pride — a magnificent palace set in a position of supreme authority. Daniel 11:45 uses it in a passage about the final earthly tyrant who plants his royal tents between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Yet despite this apparent triumph, the verse ends: "he shall come to his end, with none to help him." The most magnificent human throne is nothing before God's sovereign judgment.

Key Bible Verses

Daniel 11:45 And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.
Esther 1:5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
Daniel 4:29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.
Psalm 45:8 Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.
Isaiah 13:22 Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand.

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