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Lexicon :: Strong's H5665 - ʿăḇēḏ nᵊḡô

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עֲבֵד נְגוֹ
Transliteration
ʿăḇēḏ nᵊḡô
Pronunciation
ab-ade' neg-o'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עבד נגו (Gesenius) עבד נגוא (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עֲבֵד נְגוֹא ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôwʼ, ab-ade' neg-o'; (Aramaic) of foreign origin; Abed-Nego, the name of Azariah:—Abed-nego.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5665 in the following manner: Abednego (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H5665 in the following manner: Abednego (14x).

  1. 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

      1. also, 'Azariah' (H5838 or H5839)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲבֵד נְגוֹא ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôwʼ, ab-ade' neg-o'; (Aramaic) of foreign origin; Abed-Nego, the name of Azariah:—Abed-nego.
STRONGS H5665: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† עֲבֵד נְגוֺ proper name, masculine comrade of Daniel (Biblical Hebrew H5664 id.); — Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12 + 10 times in Daniel 3, + עֲבֵד נְגוֺא Daniel 3:29; = עֲזַרְיָה Daniel 2:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:17; 2:49; 3:12; 3:29

H5665

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5665 matches the Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹ (ʿăḇēḏ nᵊḡô),
which occurs 28 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:19 - Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:20 - And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - Because the king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside[fn] the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
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