Abednego
E119204
Abednego is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of three Jewish youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abednego canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967858 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abednego Context triple: [Book of Daniel, featuresCharacter, Abednego]
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A.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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B.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Enoch
Enoch is a biblical and Qur’anic prophet revered for his exceptional piety and, in many traditions, for being taken up by God without experiencing death.
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D.
Zebedee
Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.
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E.
Tobit
Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abednego Target entity description: Abednego is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of three Jewish youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
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A.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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B.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Enoch
Enoch is a biblical and Qur’anic prophet revered for his exceptional piety and, in many traditions, for being taken up by God without experiencing death.
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D.
Zebedee
Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.
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E.
Tobit
Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Book of Daniel character
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ |
| accompaniedBy |
Meshach
ⓘ
Shadrach ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Azariah
ⓘ
Azarias ⓘ |
| appearsInBiblicalChapter |
Daniel 1
ⓘ
Daniel 2 ⓘ Daniel 3 ⓘ Daniel 3:12–30 ⓘ |
| appearsInBook | Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| associatedDeityInName | Nebo ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | story of the fiery furnace ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | figure in the Ketuvim (Writings) ⓘ |
| captivityContext | Babylonian exile ⓘ |
| condemnedBy |
King Nebuchadnezzar II
ⓘ
linked to:
Nebuchadnezzar II
|
| educationContext | training in the court of Babylon ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Hebrew ⓘ |
| groupOf | three Hebrew youths ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName | Azariah ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deliverance from the fiery furnace
ⓘ
faithfulness to the God of Israel ⓘ refusal to worship the golden image ⓘ |
| languageOfText |
Biblical Aramaic
ⓘ
linked to:
Aramaic
|
| liturgicalCommemoration | various Christian traditions ⓘ |
| miracleExperienced | survival in the fiery furnace ⓘ |
| moralTheme | obedience to God over earthly rulers ⓘ |
| nameInHebrewBible | עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | servant of Nebo ⓘ |
| nationality | Jewish ⓘ |
| observed | Jewish dietary laws ⓘ |
| refused | king’s food and wine ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | companion of Daniel’s friends ⓘ |
| savedBy |
God of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
| scripturalTradition |
Christian
ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ |
| scriptureCollection |
Old Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Tanakh ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Babylonian royal court
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Nebuchadnezzar
|
| servedUnderKing | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
resistance to idolatry
ⓘ
steadfast faith under persecution ⓘ |
| takenFrom | Judah ⓘ |
| takenTo | Babylon ⓘ |
| thrownInto | fiery furnace ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation |
Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Yehuda
|
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abednego Description of subject: Abednego is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of three Jewish youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.