עֲבֵד נְגוֹʻĂbêd Nᵉgôw

Abed-Nego, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions

Pronunciation: ab-ade' neg-o' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5664

Meanings

proper name, masculine: נְגוֺ being corrupt (intentional or unintentional) for נבוֺ, Babylonian name of Azariah, one of the three companions of Daniel (Daniel 1:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 1:7 The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names: Daniel was called Belteshazzar. Hananiah was called Shadrach. Mishael was called Meshach. Azariah was called Abednego.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).