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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible person
Jewish youth
biblical figure
appearsInCanon Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
appearsInChapter Daniel 1
Daniel 2
Daniel 3 NERFINISHED
appearsInWork Book of Daniel NERFINISHED
associatedWithEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED
associatedWithKingdom Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme faith under persecution
martyrdom and deliverance
belongsToTribeOrPeople Judah NERFINISHED
capturedBy Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED
companionOf Meshach NERFINISHED
Shadrach NERFINISHED
מֵישַׁךְ NERFINISHED
שַׁדְרַךְ
deportedTo Babylon NERFINISHED
education trained in the language and literature of the Chaldeans
ethnicity Israelite NERFINISHED
givenNameTransliteratedAs Azariah NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
thrownInto fiery furnace
timePeriod Neo-Babylonian period NERFINISHED
transliteratedAs Abed-nego NERFINISHED
Abednego NERFINISHED
virtueExhibited civil disobedience to idolatrous decree
faithfulness to God

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Abednego nameInHebrewBible עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ