עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ

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עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ is the Hebrew Bible name of Abednego, one of the three Jewish youths in the Book of Daniel who survived being thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship a Babylonian idol.

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עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible person
Jewish youth
biblical figure
appearsInCanon Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
appearsInChapter Daniel 1
Daniel 2
Daniel 3
appearsInWork Book of Daniel
associatedWithEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire
associatedWithKingdom Kingdom of Judah
associatedWithRuler Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon
linked to: Nebuchadnezzar II
associatedWithTheme faith under persecution
martyrdom and deliverance
belongsToTribeOrPeople Judah
capturedBy Babylonian Empire
companionOf Meshach
Shadrach
מֵישַׁךְ
שַׁדְרַךְ
deportedTo Babylon
education trained in the language and literature of the Chaldeans
ethnicity Israelite
linked to: Israelites
givenNameTransliteratedAs Azariah
linked to: Azariah the priest
groupMemberOf three youths in the fiery furnace
hasGivenName עֲזַרְיָה
honoredAs example of steadfast faith
knownFor refusing to worship the golden image
surviving the fiery furnace
languageOfName Hebrew
literaryGenreOfSource apocalyptic court tale
mentionedAlongside Daniel
miracleExperienced deliverance from fiery furnace
nameInHebrew עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ
nationality Jewish
punishedFor refusing to worship Babylonian idol
religion worship of the God of Israel
roleAtCourt wise man in Babylon
scripturalTradition Christian tradition
Jewish tradition
servedAtCourtOf Nebuchadnezzar II
thrownInto fiery furnace
timePeriod Neo-Babylonian period
transliteratedAs Abed-nego
Abednego
virtueExhibited civil disobedience to idolatrous decree
faithfulness to God

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Abednego nameInHebrewBible עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ