And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
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Gill's Exposition
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia,.... Including all the kings of it, from Alexander to the end of the Grecian monarchy; or rather the kingdom of Greece, which began in him, and continued until…
Barnes' Notes
And the rough goat - See the notes at Dan 8:5. In Dan 8:5 he is called a he-goat. Here the word rough or hairy - שׂעיר s'â‛ı̂yr - is applied to it. This appellation is often given to a goat Lev 4:24;…
Here we have,
I. Daniel's earnest desire to have this vision explained to him (Dan 8:15): I sought the meaning. Note, Those that rightly know the things of God cannot but desire to know more and more…
Cambridge Bible
the rough he - goat Dan 8:8. The word rendering -rough" (sâ-îr), treated as a subst., is the usual old Hebrew word for a he-goat (Gen 37:31, &c.): the word here rendered -he-goat" (ṣâphîr) being…