AZARAEL
a Levite musician. (Nehemiah 12:36)
Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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a Levite musician. (Nehemiah 12:36)
(whom the Lord helps).A Korhite who joined David in his retreat at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:6) (B.C. 1060.)A Levite musician of the family of Heman in the time of David, (1 Chro...
(whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is ...
(strong), a Reubenite, father of Bela. (1 Chronicles 5:8)
(whom the Lord strengthens)A Levite musician in the reign of David, appointed to play the harp in the service which attended the procession by which the ark was brought up from ...
(strong devastation), father or ancestor of Nehemiah, the prince of part of Bethzur. (Nehemiah 3:16)
(dugover), a town of Judah, with dependent villages, lying in the Shefelah or rich agricultural plain. It is most clearly defined as being near Shochoh, (1 Samuel 17:1) but its ...
(noble), a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37,38; 9:43,44)
(bone), a city in the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:29) afterwards allotted to Simeon. (Joshua 19:3) Elsewhere it is EZEM.
(strength of fortune). The children of Azgad, to the number of 1222 (2322 according to) (Nehemiah 7:17) were among the laymen who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:12; 8:12) Wit...
(whom God comforts), a Levite. (1 Chronicles 15:20) The name is a shortened form of Jaaziel in ver. 18.
(strong) a layman of the family of Zattu, who had married a foreign wife after the return from Babylon.
a place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that tribe. (Ezra 2:24) The name elsewhere occurs as BETH-AZMAVETH.
(strong unto death).One of David’s mighty men, a native of Bahurim, (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33) and therefore probably a Benjamite. (B.C. 1060).A descendant of Mephibos...
(strong), a place named as being on the southern boundary of the Holy Land, apparently near the torrent of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish). (Numbers 34:4,5; Joshua 15:4) It has not yet be...
(the ears (i.e. possibly the summits) of Tabor), one of the landmarks of the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:34) The town, if town it be, has hitherto escaped recognition.
(a helper), son of Eliakim, in the line of our Lord. (Matthew 1:13,14)
[ASHDOD, OR AZOTUS]
(whom God helps).The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, a man of renown. (1 Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 741.)A Naphtalite, ancestor of Jerimoth, the head of...
(help against the enemy).A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:23)Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles ...
(forsaken).Wife of Caleb, son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:18,19)Mother of King Jehoshaphat. (1 Kings 22:42; 2 Chronicles 20:31) (B.C. 950.)
properly Az’zur (he that assists)A Benjamite of Gibeon, and father of Hananiah the false prophet. (Jeremiah 28:1)Father of Jaazaniah, one of the princes of the people against wh...
(the strong). The more accurate rendering of the name of the well-known Philistine city Gaza. (2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jeremiah 25:20)
(very strong), the father of Paltiel prince of the tribe of Issachar, who represented his tribe in the division of the promised land. (Numbers 34:26)
(one who helps), one of the heads of the People who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:17) (B.C. 410.) The name is probably that of a family, and in Hebrew is the s...