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NEBUCHADREZZAR

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NEBUCHADREZZAR (noun)
  The noun NEBUCHADREZZAR has 1 sense:

1. (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)play

  Familiarity information: NEBUCHADREZZAR used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


NEBUCHADREZZAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadnezzar II; Nebuchadrezzar; Nebuchadrezzar II

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)


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