Quick Definition
Abednego
Strong's Definition
Abed-Nego, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions
Derivation: the same as H5665 (עֲבֵד נְגוֹא);
KJV Usage: Abed-nego.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲבֵד נְגוֹ (a.ved ne.go) — Abednego. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6; also called Abednego at Dan.2.49; 3.12,13,14,16,19,20,22,23,26,28,29,30; Another name of a.zar.yah (עֲזַרְיָה "Azariah" H5838Z) § 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 1a) also, 'Azariah' (H5838 or H5839)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲבֵד נְגוֹ n.pr.m. (servant of (God) Nebo);—Babylonian name of Azariah, one of the three companions of Daniel Dn 1:7 ref