עֲבֵד נְגוֹא
ʻĂbêd Nᵉgôwʼ · ab-ade' neg-o'
Abed-Nego, the name of Azariah
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) of foreign origin;
Abed-Nego, the name of Azariah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Abed-nego.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing › to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
To see and know of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing that works to carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲבֵד נְגוֹא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and abednego14 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel28
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.