עֲזַזְיָהוּʻĂzazyâhûw
proper name, masculine: is mighty
Pronunciation: az-az-yaw'-hoo · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5812
Meanings
1. Levite names
2. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 27:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 15:21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were chosen to play the lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 27:20 Ephraim Hoshea son of AzaziahManasseh (west) Joel son of Pedaiah
- 2 Chronicles 31:13 The supervisors under them were Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah. These appointments were made by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the chief official in the Temple of God.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).