Nebuchadnezzar
From the Akkadian name Nabu-kudurri-usur meaning "NABU preserve my firstborn son". This name was borne by a 12th-century BC king of the Babylonian Empire. It was also borne by a 6th-century BC king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He captured Jerusalem, and ultimately destroyed the city's temple and deported many of its citizens, as told in the Old Testament.
 | NABU male Near Eastern Mythology Possibly from a Semitic root meaning "to announce". This was the name of an Assyrian and Babylonian god of wisdom, letters and writing. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN: Nabu-Kudurri-Usur, Nebuchadnezzar |
| BIBLICAL GREEK: Nabouchodonosor |
| BIBLICAL HEBREW: Nevukhadnetztzar |
| BIBLICAL LATIN: Nabuchodonosor |
| BIBLICAL: Nebuchadnezzar |
| OTHER FORMS |
| NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Nabu |