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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 BoxDan 2:49 - And Daniel sought of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665 over the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel was at the king’s [fn]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 administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665. These men, O king, do not pay attention to you; they do not serve your gods and do not worship the golden image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and wrath said to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665; then these men were brought 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, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665, that you are not serving my gods and do not worship the golden image that I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 -

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665 answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to respond to you with an answer concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:19 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the image of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered and said to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:20 - And he said to certain mighty men of valor who were in his military [fn]host to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665 in order to cast them into the furnace of blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - For this reason, because the king’s word was [fn]urgent and the furnace had been heated to an extraordinary degree, the flame of the fire killed those men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665 came out of the midst of the fire.

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Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665, who has sent His angel and saved His servants who put their trust in Him, [fn]violating the king’s word, and gave up their bodies so as not to serve and not to 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 tongue that says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665 shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego H5665 to succeed in the province of Babylon.
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