te.qeph describes becoming strong or firm, including the establishment of an unchangeable royal decree.

The attested uses chiefly concern a state of strength or firmness: a matter stands in Daniel 4:17, while Daniel 5:20 places the form in the account of a heart lifted up and a spirit becoming arrogant. A Piel infinitive occurs with establishing an interdict that may not be changed in Daniel 6:8; the translation does not make the term's individual contribution equally clear in every occurrence.

1. Strength or firmness as a state · dominant

   The Qal forms occur in varied statements of condition or development. In Daniel 4:17 the APB renders the surrounding clause, "the matter stands," and in Daniel 5:20 it describes a heart lifted up and a spirit that "became arrogant"; Daniel 4:19 reports Daniel's alarm, and Daniel 4:8 reports his arrival before the king, though the translation does not isolate this term's contribution in those two verses.

   Daniel 4:17Daniel 4:19Daniel 4:8Daniel 5:20
2. Establishing something as firm · rare

   In Daniel 6:8, the Piel infinitive construct occurs in the king's command to establish the interdict and sign the writing so that it may not be changed. The clause presents the action in connection with making the decree fixed against alteration.

   Daniel 6:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding contexts with "the matter stands," an arrogant spirit, and an interdict established so that it "may not be changed." Its wording cannot securely identify a separate English rendering in every occurrence.