Abednego
In the Biblical book of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego (sometimes referred to collectively as The Three
Young Men[citation needed]) were three young men from Judah
brought into the court of King Nebuchadnezzar II during the
first deportation of the Israelites[1]. Their Hebraic names
were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (respectively). ...
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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....
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[Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and
delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed
the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not
serve nor worship any god, except their own God....
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Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave
unto Daniel [the name] of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of
Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of
Abednego....
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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and
language, which speak any thing amiss 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 that can deliver after this sort....
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a-bed'-ne-go (Hebrew and Aramaic `abhedh neghgo; Dan 3:29,
`abhedh negho'): According to many, the nego is an
intentional corruption of Nebo, the name of a Babylonian
god, arising from the desire of the Hebrew scribes to avoid
the giving of a heathen name to a hero of their faith. The
name, according to this view, would mean "servant of Nebo."...
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Also called AZARIAH
A Jewish captive in Babylon
Da 1:6-20; 2:17,49; 3:12-30; Heb 11:34...
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(i.e. servant of Nego, perhaps the same as Nebo), the Chaldean
name given to Azariah, one of the three friends of Daniel,
miraculously save from the fiery furnace. Dan. 3. (B.C. about
600.)...
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servant of Nego=Nebo, the Chaldee name given to Azariah, one
of
Daniel's three companions (Dan. 2:49). With Shadrach
and
Meshach, he was delivered from the burning fiery
furnace
(3:12-30)....
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The Chaldee name ("servant of Nego." i.e. Nebo or Mercury, the
interpreter of the gods) for Azariah, one of Daniel's three
companions, miraculously delivered from the furnace into which
they were cast for not worshipping Nebuchadnezzar's golden
image (Daniel 3). A tyrant may change the name, but he cannot
change the nature, of him whose God is...
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