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HebrewH5019Proper Noun (Masculine)

נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר

ne.vu.khad.nets.tsar

58Occurrences
H5019Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon

or נְבֻּכַדְנֶאצַּר; (2 Kings 24:1,10), or נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר; (Esther 2:6; Daniel 1:18), or נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר; or נְבוּכַדְרֶאצּוֹר; (Ezra 2:1; Jeremiah 49:28), or foreign derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Belshazzar (H1112) Also named: ne.vu.khad.nets.tsar (נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, *נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר *"Nebuchadnezzar" H5020) § Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar = "may Nebo protect the crown" the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר appears 58 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
37
2 Kings
6
2 Chronicles
4
Ezk
4
Daniel
3
Ezra
2
Esther
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 36:6BSB

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

Daniel 1:18BSB

Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

Jeremiah 22:25BSB

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 29:3BSB

The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:

Jeremiah 44:30BSB

This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.