Dan 1:7 | NET2full | STEP | But the overseer of the court officials renamed them . He gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar , Hananiah he named Shadrach , Mishael he named Meshach , and Azariah he named Abednego .

‏ Daniel 1:7

7 But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave ^{▼▼tc The LXX and Vulgate lack the verb here.} Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego. ^{▼▼sn The meanings of the Babylonian names are more conjectural than is the case with the Hebrew names. The probable etymologies are as follows: Belteshazzar means “protect his life,” although the MT vocalization may suggest “Belti, protect the king” (cf. Dan 4:8); Shadrach perhaps means “command of Aku”; Meshach is of uncertain meaning; and Abednego means “servant of Nego.” Assigning Babylonian names to the Hebrew youths may have been an attempt to erase from their memory their Israelite heritage.}