Hebrew word · H5018

נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן

nevuzar'adan

Nebuzaradan

Appears 16 times in 15 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.8

§ Nebuzaradan = "Nebo has given seed"

a general of Nebuchadnezzar's army at the capture of Jerusalem

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 3
  1. 2 Kings 25:8 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ן Nebuzaradan

    On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

  2. 2 Kings 25:11 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן Nebuzaradan

    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

  3. 2 Kings 25:20 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן Nebuzaradan

    Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

Jeremiah · 13
  1. Jeremiah 39:9 נְבֽוּזַר־ אֲדָ֥ן Nebuzar-, -adan

    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

    Here: First part of a Babylonian name, Nabû-zēr-iddin(am): "Nabu [has given] offspring."

  2. Jeremiah 39:10 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֥ן Nebuzaradan

    But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

  3. Jeremiah 39:11 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֥ן Nebuzaradan

    Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,

    Here: Babylonian Nabû-zēr-iddin(am), 'Nabu has given offspring'. A high official of Nebuchadnezzar who ran the destruction and deportation of Jerusalem (52:12–30).

  4. Jeremiah 39:13 נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָ֣ן Nebuzaradan

    So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon

  5. Jeremiah 40:1 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֛ן Nebuzaradan

    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

    Here: A Hebrew spelling of the Babylonian name Nabû-zēr-iddin, 'Nabu has given offspring'. He was the senior Babylonian officer who burned the temple and organized the deportation (2 Kings 25:8–11).

  6. Jeremiah 41:10 נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ Nebuzaradan

    Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.

  7. Jeremiah 43:6 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֣ן Nebuzaradan

    the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

    Here: Hebrew spelling of the Babylonian name Nabû-zēr-iddin ('Nabu has given offspring'). He was Nebuchadnezzar's senior officer, who burned Jerusalem and organized the deportations (52:12–16).

  8. Jeremiah 52:12 נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ Nebuzaradan

    On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

  9. Jeremiah 52:15 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן Nebuzaradan

    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

  10. Jeremiah 52:16 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן Nebuzaradan

    But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

  11. Jeremiah 52:26 נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן Nebuzaradan

    Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

  12. Jeremiah 52:30 נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָן֙ Nebuzaradan

    in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

    Here: The Babylonian official Nabû-zēr-iddin ('Nabu has given offspring'). He is the same man who burned the temple and Jerusalem in 586 BC (52:12–16) and who released Jeremiah (40:1–5). Five years later he is still the one carrying Judeans away.

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