{"def":{"lit":"servant of Nebo","short":"Abed-Nego, the Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions","long":["the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord",["also, 'Azariah' (H5838 or H5839)"]]},"deriv":"the same as H5665","pronun":{"ipa":"ʕə̆ˈbed̪ n̪ɛ̆ˈɡo","ipa_mod":"ʕə̆ˈved nɛ̆ˈɡo̞w","sbl":"ʿăbēd nĕgô","dic":"uh-BADE neh-ɡOH","dic_mod":"uh-VADE neh-ɡOH"}}