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Meaning and etymology of the name Azriel
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Azriel 
There are three men named Azriel in the Bible, not counting the five named Azerel, which is a highly similar name, or Adriel, which is this name in Aramaic.
The Azriels of the Bible are a treacherous household chief of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 5:24); The father of Jerimoth, who was in charge of Israel's tribe of Napthali (1 Chronicles 27:19), and the father of Seraiah who king Jehoiakim ordered to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (Jeremiah 36:26).
The name Azriel consists of two elements:
2) The second part of the name Azriel is  (El), the common abbreviation of Elohim, the genus God.
For a meaning of the name Azriel, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Help Of God; NOBS Study Bible Name List reads God Is A Help. BDB Theological Dictionary takes the central yod to be a possessive and reads My Strength Is El.
Other names derived of the verb azar are
Abiezer,
Ahiezer,
Azariah,
Azrikam,
Azzur,
Eleazar,
Eliezer,
Ezer,
Ezra(h),
Ezri,
Iezer, Jazer and Romamti-ezer.
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