H5664 H5664
Abednego (personal name); Babylonian name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's three companions
This is the Babylonian throne name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's three faithful companions in exile. The name appears to be a deliberate or accidental corruption of 'Abed-Nebo' (servant of Nebo, the Babylonian deity), possibly altered to avoid pronouncing a pagan god's name fully. Both occurrences in Daniel 1:7 record the renaming of the Hebrew youths: Azariah becomes Abednego. The name symbolizes Babylonian cultural imposition, yet Azariah and his friends maintain covenant faithfulness despite foreign names.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Babylonian name assigned to Azariah, Daniel's companion, recorded twice in Daniel 1:7 during the renaming ceremony. The name likely means 'servant of Nebo' but may be intentionally corrupted from the pagan theophoric element. The dual reference emphasizes both the Hebrew identity (Azariah) and imposed Babylonian identity (Abednego). 2×
AR["عَبْدَ", "نَجُو"]·ben["অবেদ-", "নগো"]·DE["Knecht", "[נגו]"]·EN["Aved", "Nego"]·FR["Abed-Nego", "serviteur"]·heb["נגו", "עבד"]·HI["अबेद", "नगो"]·ID["Abed", "Nego"]·IT["[נגו]", "servo"]·jav["Nego", "abdi"]·KO["느고", "아벳"]·PT["Aved", "Nego"]·RU["Авед", "Него"]·ES["Abed", "Nego"]·SW["Abednego", "Nego"]·TR["Abed", "Nego"]·urd["عبد", "نجو"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֲבֵד נְגוֹ n.pr.m. (servant of (God) Nebo, נְגוֹ being corrupt (intent. or unintent.) for נבוֹ (q.v.), COT Dn 1:7 Bev Dn 1:7);—Babylonian name of Azariah, one of the three companions of Daniel Dn 1:7 (v. also Biblical Aramaic); 𝔊 Theod Αβδεναγω.