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Strong's H5020 נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר (nebukadnetstsar)

Nebukadnetstsar means “Nebuchadnezzar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5020 — tartaroo (“cast down to hell”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5020
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 29
Books 2

Strong's H5020 Quick Answer

Strong's H5020 נְבוּכַּדנֶצַּר (Nbuwkadnetstsar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Nbuwkadnetstsar (neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar') n/p. 1. Nebuchadnezzar [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5019] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include nebuchadnezzar. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Nbuwkadnetstsar (neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar') n/p. 1. Nebuchadnezzar [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5019]
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
2 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
nebuchadnezzar

Meaning and Definition

Nbuwkadnetstsar (neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar') n/p. 1. Nebuchadnezzar [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5019] Root(s): H5019

Original Word
נְבוּכַּדנֶצַּר
Transliteration
Nbuwkadnetstsar
Derivation
First root strongs: 5019
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5020. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Nebuchadnezzar

Usage: A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.24.1; father of: Belshazzar (H1112) Aramaic of ne.vu.khad.nets.tsar (נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר "Nebuchadnezzar" H5019) § Nebuchadnezzar = "may Nebo protect the crown" the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive

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How Strong's H5020 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Nbuwkadnetstsar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Nebuchadnezzar Ezra 5:12 29×

How Strong's H5020 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5020 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5020 in the Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Ezra 5:12 KJV

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

Ezra 5:14 KJV

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

Ezra 6:5 KJV

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5020.

Ezra 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
Ezra 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
Ezra 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
Daniel 2:28 Old Testament, KJV
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
Daniel 2:46 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
Daniel 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Daniel 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Daniel 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
Daniel 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
Daniel 3:16 Old Testament, KJV
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
Daniel 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Daniel 3:24 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
Daniel 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
Daniel 3:28 Old Testament, KJV
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Daniel 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Daniel 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
Daniel 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
Daniel 4:28 Old Testament, KJV
All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel 4:31 Old Testament, KJV
While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Daniel 4:33 Old Testament, KJV
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
Daniel 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Daniel 4:37 Old Testament, KJV
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Daniel 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Daniel 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Daniel 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5020, grouped by book.

Ezra 3 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 26 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5020 FAQ

What does nebukadnetstsar (נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר) mean?

Nebukadnetstsar (Strong's H5020) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Nebuchadnezzar". Nbuwkadnetstsar (neb-oo-kad-nets-tsar') n/p. 1. Nebuchadnezzar [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5019]

How many times is nebukadnetstsar (נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H5020 across 2 books.

Where can I study nebukadnetstsar (נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר) in context?

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What English words translate nebukadnetstsar (נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר)?

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