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title: עֲזַרְיָה — Azariah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲזַרְיָה (5838), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: Azariah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Azariah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲזַרְיָה

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«עֲזַרְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azariah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 32 times · **Key:** 5838 · **BDB:** עֲזַרְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Azariah (26); of.Azariah (4); \[was\].Azariah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azariah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5838/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Azariah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5838/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath helped); Azariah (OHeb. עזריהו, Ph. עזרבעל, Old Aramaic הדדעזר, הדעדר, Lzb338, 258 Cook42);—Αζαριας: king of Judah (Assyrian Azriyâʾû COT 2 K 15:1 JägerBAS i. 468) עֲוַרְיָהוּ 2 K 15:6, 8; עֲוַרְיָה 14:21; 15:1, 7, 17, 23, 27; 1 Ch 3:12 (v. עֻזִּיָּה). -יָהוּ officer of Sol. 1 K 4:5. id. prophet 2 Ch 15:1. sons of Jehosh.: id., 2 Ch 21:2. -יָה v 2. priests: -יָהוּ 1 K 4:2 = -יָה 1 Ch 5:36, 37; Ezr 7:3. -יָה 1 Ch 5:35(×2). id., 1 Ch 5:39, 40; 9:11; Ezr 7:1. id., Ne 10:3. -יָהוּ 2 Ch 31:10, 13, = -יָה 26:17, 20. Levites, -יָהוּ: 2 Ch 29:12. v 12. -יָה: 1 Ch 6:21. Ne 8:7. -יָהוּ a temple captain 2 Ch 23:1 a (van d. H. -יָה cf. Ginsbmargin), v 1 b. -יָה wall-builder Ne 3:23, 24. -יָה one with Zerub. 7:7 (שְׂרָיָה ‖ Ezr 2:2). 10. -יָה 12:33. 11. -יָהוּ Ephraimite 2 Ch 28:12. 12. -יָה name in Judah: son of Ethan (!) 1 Ch 2:8. v 38, 39.\*—For עֲזַרְיָה 2 Ch 22:6 read אֲחַזְיָה, cf. v 7.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲזַרְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5838/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.3/)

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שְׂרָיָ֥ה עֲזַרְיָ֖ה יִרְמְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Seraiah Azariah Jeremiah

*JPS 1917:* Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah;

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[1 Chronicles 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.8/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י אֵיתָ֖ן עֲזַרְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Ethan \[were\].Azariah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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