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Nebuchadnezzar — the meaning of the Hebrew name נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר

נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר

Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar · pronounced neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar' · Strong's H5019 · a man · also spelled Nebuchadrezzar

Nebuchadnezzar means (Esther 2:6.

Strong's definition

or נְבֻּכַדְנֶאצַּר; (2 Kings 24:1,10), or נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר; (Esther 2:6; Daniel 1:18), or נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר; or נְבוּכַדְרֶאצּוֹר; (Ezra 2:1; Jeremiah 49:28), of foreign derivation; Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon.

First appearance

2Kgs 24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. (KJV)

Every verse that names Nebuchadnezzar

58 occurrences in 58 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel

2Kgs 24:12Kgs 24:102Kgs 24:112Kgs 25:12Kgs 25:82Kgs 25:221Chr 5:412Chr 36:62Chr 36:72Chr 36:102Chr 36:13Ezra 1:7Neh 7:6Esth 2:6Jer 21:2Jer 21:7Jer 22:25Jer 24:1Jer 25:1Jer 25:9Jer 27:6Jer 27:8Jer 27:20Jer 28:3Jer 28:11Jer 28:14Jer 29:1Jer 29:3Jer 29:21Jer 32:1Jer 32:28Jer 34:1Jer 35:11Jer 37:1Jer 39:1Jer 39:5Jer 39:11Jer 43:10Jer 44:30Jer 46:2Jer 46:13Jer 46:26Jer 49:28Jer 49:30Jer 50:17Jer 51:34Jer 52:4Jer 52:12Jer 52:28Jer 52:29Jer 52:30Ezek 26:7Ezek 29:18Ezek 29:19Ezek 30:10Dan 1:1Dan 1:18Dan 2:1

Other people or places called Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar (H5020) — (Aramaic) corresponding to H5019

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