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ʿăzaryāhū, ʿăzaryā עֲזַרְיָ֫הוּ, עֲזַרְיָה ‘Azariah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿāzar עָזַר ‘to help’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: עזר יה

ʿăzaryāhū, ʿăzaryā pr n m pers
Azariah = "Jehovah has helped"
1) son of king Amaziah of Judah and king of Judah himself for 52 years; also 'Uzziah'
2) the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord
 2a) also, 'Abednego' ( H05664 or H05665)
3) son of Nathan and an officer of Solomon; perhaps David's grandson and Solomon's nephew
4) a prophet in the days of king Asa of Judah
5) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to 5
6) another son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to 4
7) a priest, son of Ahimaaz, grandson of Zadok and high priest in the reign of king Solomon
8) the high priest in the reign of king Uzziah of Judah
9) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah; probably same as 18
10) a Kohathite Levite, father of Joel in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
11) a Merarite Levite, son of Jehalelel in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
12) a Kohathite Levite, son of Zephaniah and ancestor of Samuel the prophet
13) a Levite who helped Ezra in instructing the people in the law
14) son of Jeroham and one of the temple captains of Judah in the time of queen Athaliah; probably the same as 21
15) son of Maaseiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
16) one of the leaders who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel
17) a man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah; probably the same as 10
18) son of Johanan, one of the captains of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz of Judah
19) a Judaite, son of Ethan of the sons of Zerah
20) a Judaite, son of Jehu of the family of the Jerahmeelites and descended from Jarha the Egyptian slave of Sheshan; probably one of the captains of the time of queen Athaliah and the same as 15
21) a priest, son of Hilkiah
22) a priest, son of Johanan
23) son of king Jehoram of Judah; probably clerical error for 'Ahaziah'
24) son of Meraioth
25) son of Hoshaiah and one of the proud men who confronted Jeremiah

Mentioned in 1 Kings 4:2, 4:5 2 Kings 14:21, 15:7, 15:1, 15:6, 15:8, 15:17, 15:23, 15:27 Jeremiah 43:2 Daniel 1:11, 1:19, 1:7, 1:6 Ezra 7:1, 7:3 Nehemiah 3:23, 3:24, 7:7, 8:7, 10:3, 12:33 1 Chronicles 5:37, 9:11, 5:35, 2:8, 2:39, 6:21, 3:12, 5:36, 2:38, 5:39, 5:40 2 Chronicles 21:2, 31:13, 22:6, 26:17, 28:12, 31:10, 26:20, 15:1, 23:1, 29:12

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