Nebuchadnezzar

American  

[neb-uh-kuhd-nez-er, neb-yoo-] / ˌnɛb ə kədˈnɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ- /

noun

1. Also Nebuchadrezzar a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem.

2. Sometimes nebuchadnezzar a bottle for wine holding 20 quarts (18.9 liters).

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Nebuchadnezzar ¹ British  

/ ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə /

noun

1. a wine bottle, used esp for display, holding the equivalent of twenty normal bottles (approximately 520 ounces)

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Nebuchadnezzar ² British  

/ ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə, ˌnɛbjʊkədˈrɛzə /

noun

1. Old Testament a king of Babylon, 605–562 _bc , who conquered and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Jews to Babylon (II Kings 24–25)

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Etymology

Origin of Nebuchadnezzar

From Late Latin Nabuchodonosor, from Greek Nabouchodonósor, from Hebrew Nəbhukhaneʾṣṣar, incorrect transcription of Akkadian Nabū-kudurri-uṣur “Nabu protect the borders; Nabu protect the crown”; Nəbhukhareʾṣṣar, the correct Hebrew transcription, also appears in the Hebrew Bible; Nebuchadnezzar def. 2 was first recorded in 1910–15 ]

Example Sentences

And he trusts Sydney’s predatory company about as far as he could throw a Nebuchadnezzar of Cassell Grand Cru.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

One is that in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon 2,500 years ago, an ounce of gold bought 350 loaves of bread.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Under king Nebuchadnezzar II, they waged war in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean to weaken Egypt’s power.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Iraq is home to six UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites, among them the ancient city of Babylon, the site of several ancient empires under rulers like Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

In the wake of the festivities, we watched the Regimental children play, running about the pasture and fancying themselves captives in the great oven of Nebuchadnezzar.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson