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nebuchadnezzar
/ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/
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What does nebuchadnezzar mean?
noun
- A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.
proper noun
- A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.
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One obvious answer would be, that it was Nebuchadnezzar II, and not Necho, who carried the Jews captive.
“Does our friend eke out his modest income with a crossing? or has he his Nebuchadnezzar phases?”
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He would talk to me for hours about them, though I know about as much of bells as Nebuchadnezzar knew about jazz-dancing.
She dreamt a dream; and few human beings, from Nebuchadnezzar to the Swaffham tinker, ever dreamt a more remarkable one.
‘Thus saith the Lord; I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.’