Abednego - Meaning of Abednego

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[ 4 syll. a-be-dne-go, ab-edn-ego ] The baby boy name Abednego is pronounced ah-BEHD-Nih-Gow (English) †. Abednego's language of origin is Babylonian and it is predominantly used in Arabic. The meaning of Abednego is 'servant of Nebo'. A biblical name, its meaning is derived from the word abed-Nebo. The meaning refers to Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom. In a biblical account of the Book of Daniel, the three young men Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a fiery furnace for defying King Nebuchadnezzar's order for them to worship a pagan idol. They subsequently walked out of the flames unscathed. Abednego's original Hebraic name was Azariah.

Variants of Abednego include Abdénago (Spanish), Abednago (English), and Abednigo (English).

See also the related categories, king, god, fiery (powerful), young (cub), men (humanity), servant (helper), biblical, wisdom, arabic, and pagan.

Abednego is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Abednego include Abednigo (English) and Abednago (English).

† Pronunciation for Abednego: AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"