Lexical Definition

‎עֲבֵד נְגוֹ‎ ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôw (ab-ade' neg-o') Abednego ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎עֲבֵד נְגוֹא‎

Abed-nego.

• § Abed-nego = "servant of Nebo"
• Abed-Nego, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions

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' (עֲזַרְיָה or עֲזַרְיָה)

Extended Information

Hebrew of: עֲזַרְיָה

• 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" עֲזַרְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲבֵד נְגוֺ‎ proper name, masculine (servant of (God) Nebo, ‎נְגוֺ‎ being corrupt (intentional or unintentional) for ‎נבוֺ‎ (q. v.) COT^{Dan 1:7} Bev^{Dan 1:7}); — Babylonian name of Azariah, one of the three companions of Daniel Dan 1:7 (see also Biblical Aramaic); ᵐ5 Theod Αβδεναγω.

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