H5664: עֲבֵד נְגוֹ
ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôw · pronounced ab-ade' neg-o' · “Abednego”
Definition
Abed-Nego, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions
KJV translates it as: Abed-nego.
Word origin: the same as H5665 (עֲבֵד נְגוֹא);
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6; also called Abednego at Dan.2.49; 3.12,13,14,16,19,20,22,23,26,28,29,30;
Another name of a.zar.yah (עֲזַרְיָה "Azariah" H5838Z)
§ Abed-nego = "servant of Nebo"
1) the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord
1a) also, 'Azariah' (H5838 or H5839)
Another name of a.zar.yah (עֲזַרְיָה "Azariah" H5838Z)
§ Abed-nego = "servant of Nebo"
1) the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord
1a) also, 'Azariah' (H5838 or H5839)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5664 is translated
- abed- ×1
- -nego ×1
Bible verses with H5664 (ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôw)
ʻăbêd nᵉgôw appears in 1 verse.
- Daniel 1:7
Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed–nego.