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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 - Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate[fn] of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - “There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego 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 full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace 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 commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel[fn] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor 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 that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:30

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