Azaziah (az-a-zi'-a) , meaning "whom Jehovah strengthened", may refer to: Jehovah is an English transcription of ×Ö°×Ö¹×Ö¸×, a specific vocalized spelling of ×××× which is found in the Masoretic Text. ...
One of the Levitical musicians in the temple (I Chronicles 15:21).
The father of Hoshea, who was made ruler over the Ephraimites (I Chronicles 27:20).
A Levite who had charge of the temple offerings in the days of Hezekiah (II Chronicles 31:13).
See also Hosea, who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew. ... Tribe of Ephraim (Hebrew alphabet אֶפְרַיִם / אֶפְרָיִם double fruitfulness, Standard Hebrew Efráyim, Tiberian Hebrew ʾEp̄ráyim / ʾEp̄rāyim) - took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue... In the Jewish tradition, a Levite (לוי Attached, Standard Hebrew Levi, Tiberian Hebrew Lēwî) is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. ... Hezekiah (or Ezekias) (Hebrew: ×××§×× or ×××§×××, God has strengthened) was the 13th king of indepedent Judah and the son of King Ahaz and Abijah (2 Chronicles 29:1), who was a daughter of a man (who was not the prophet) named Zechariah. ...
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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Eastons Bible Dictionary generally refers to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, by Matthew George Easton M.A., D.D. (1823-1894), published three years after Eastons death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. ...
azaziah <1CH15 -21> And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and {Azaziah}, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
azaziah <1CH27 -20> Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of {Azaziah}: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
azaziah <2CH31 -13> And Jehiel, and {Azaziah}, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [were] overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the kin