ABEDNEGO, a Chaldee name given by the king of Babylon's officer to Azariah, one of Daniel's companions, Dan. i. 7. Abednego was thrown into the fiery furnace at Babylon, with Shadrach and Meshach, for refusing to adore the statue erected by command of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. iii. See Daniel Some have supposed this Azariah to be Ezra, but without sufficient grounds.