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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 - And at Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king's court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - and these men have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don't serve your gods and they don't pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage demanded that they bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my gods and that you don't pay homage to the golden statue that I erected?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, "We do not need to give you a reply concerning this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:19 - Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:20 - He ordered strong soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - But since the king's command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace of blazing fire while still securely bound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:30

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