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; Aramaic 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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H5665 — עֲבֵד נְגוֹ
a.ved ne.go · Abednego · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Daniel 2:49 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹDaniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.Daniel 3:12 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹThere are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.Daniel 3:13 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹThen Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.Daniel 3:14 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹNebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?Daniel 3:16 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֔וֹShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.Daniel 3:19 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.Daniel 3:20 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹHe commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:22 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֔וֹTherefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.Daniel 3:23 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֑וֹThese three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:26 · וַעֲבֵד־ · נְג֛וֹ · וַעֲבֵ֥ד · נְג֖וֹThen Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire.Daniel 3:28 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֔וֹNebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.Daniel 3:29 · וַעֲבֵ֣ד · נְג֔וֹאTherefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.Daniel 3:30 · וַעֲבֵ֥ד · נְג֖וֹThen the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.