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Abednego

עֲבֵד נְגוֹStrong’s H5665

aved nego (a-ved ne-go)

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Aved nego is the Aramaic word usually translated “abed-” and “-nego”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.”
Daniel 2:49 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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
How it's translated
  • and abed- 14
  • -nego 14

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 13

1 book in all.

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Aramaic dictionary

עֲבֵד נְגוֹ aved nego · 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; Aramaic of a.zar.yah (עֲזַרְיָה "Azariah" H5838Z) § Abed-nego = "servant of Nebo" …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.