name of one of Daniel's companions

Strong's Concordance

Original word: הָ֫בֶל

Transliteration: hebel

Definition (short): vanity

Definition (full): emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root

Definition: vapor, breath

Abed-nego was one of three , at Daniel's request, to be appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon. 

He was also one of the three thrown into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar and miraculously saved by the Lord.