Watcher
WATCHER
Dan 4:13,17,23, a figurative designation of heavenly beings, apparently angels, as seen by Nebuchadnezzar in his dream.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Watcher
(, wakeing), a class of angelic beings mentioned in the description of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Dan 4:13-17). The Chaldeans appear to have believed that God had delegated the moral government of the earth to celestial spirits, who had the charge of making inquisition into human actions, and punishing the guilty. SEE ANGEL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Watcher
wocher (Aramaic , r, wakeful one): In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Dan 4:13, Dan 4:17, Dan 4:23 (MT 10, 14, 20)) a messenger who with a holy one descended from heaven, they having joint authority to issue decrees. In the apocryphal literature the doctrine of the watchers is much elaborated. In Jubilees they are regarded as angels sent to instruct mankind in righteousness. In Enoch they sometimes appear as archangels and at other times as fallen angels. In the latter condition only we find them in the Book of Adam and Eve. The place of descent was according to Enoch Dan 6:6 the summit of Mt. Hermon.