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ʿăzaryā עֲזַרְיָה ‘Azariah’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: corresponding to ʿăzaryāhū, ʿăzaryā עֲזַרְיָ֫הוּ, עֲזַרְיָה ‘Azariah’
Roots: עזריה עזריהו

ʿăzaryā pr n m pers
Azariah = "Jehovah has helped"
1) 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
 1a) also, 'Abednego' ( H05664 or H05665)

Mentioned in Daniel 2:17

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