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Meaning and etymology of the Hebrew name Azariah
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Azariah 
The name Azariah is among the most popular in the Bible. The Old Testament counts no less than 22 individuals with that name. Most famously is one of the three friends of Daniel, whose name was Azariah but who was given the Babylonian name Abed-nego (Daniel 1:7).
Other Azariah's are: A greatgrandson of Judah and Tamar (1 Chronicles 2:8); A grandson of Obed (1 Chronicles 2:38); A son of another Obed, also spelled Azaryahu (2 Chronicles 15:1); A son of yet another Obed, also spelled Azaryahu (2 Chronicles 23:1); A Kohathite in the time of David (1 Chronicles 6:36); A son of Zadok ( ; Azaryahu), a high priest during the reign of Solomon (1 Kings 4:2); A son of Nathan, an officer under Solomon, also spelled Azaryahu (1 Kings 4:5); A son of high priest Ahimaaz during Rhehoboam (1 Chronicles 6:9); One of the two sons of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 21:2); Another name of Ahaziah, king of Judah (2 Chronicles 22:6 - some translations simply say Ahaziah but the Hebrew reads Azaryahu); A son of Jeroham (2 Chronicles 23:1); A son of Johanan (Ezra 7:3); A son of Amaziah, king of Judah (Azaryahu in 2 Kings 15:6 and  , Uzziah in 2 Kings 15:13); Azaryahu, a high priest during king Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:17); A son of another Johanan during Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:12); A high priest during Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:10); A son of Joel during Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:12); A son of Hilkiah (Ezra 7:1); The last high priest before the exile to Babylon (Nehemiah 7:7); One of the spokesmen, a.k.a. Jezaniah, who oppose Jeremiah (Jeremiah 43:2); A man among the first of the rabbi's (Nehemiah 8:7).
The name Azariah consists of two parts.
The latter part is the appellative  , Jah, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton  , YHWH, or Yahweh.
The name Azariah means Helped Of God (Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names), or Yahweh Has Helped (NOBS Study Bible Name List, BDB Theological Dictionary), or more commonly The Lord Has Helped (HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament).
Other names derived of the verb azar are
Abiezer,
Ahiezer,
Azarel ,
Azriel,
Azrikam,
Azzur,
Eleazar,
Eliezer,
Ezer,
Ezra(h),
Ezri,
Iezer, Jazer and Romamti-ezer.
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