BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5021
ne.vu.shaz.ban — Nebushazban
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.39.13 § Nebushasban = "Nebo delivers me" one of the officers of Nebuchadnezzar at the capture of Jerusalem
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Adorer of Nebo, or Nebo saves me, the “Rabsaris,” or chief chamberlain, of the court of Babylon. He was one of those whom the king sent to release Jeremiah from prison in Jerusalem (Jer. 39:13).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
