עֲבֵד נְגוֹ
a.ved ne.goProper Noun (Masculine)H5664
Abednego
From: the same as H5665 (עֲבֵד נְגוֹא);
Short Definition
Abed-Nego, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions
Full Lexicon Entry
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Abednego at ; 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 a) also, 'Azariah' (H5838 or H5839)
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
1 timeAppears 1 time in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Daniel
1
Key Passages
- Daniel 1:7
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