Maʻazyâh — H4590

Definition

masculine proper noun

Maazjah, the name of two Israelites

1. Maaziah = "consolation of Jehovah"
2. a priest in charge of the 24th course in the time of David
3. a priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Maaziah

Origin

or Maʻazyâhûw; probably from H5756 (in the sense of protection) and H3050; rescue of Jah

• ʻûwz (H5756)
• Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Maʻazyâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 24:18 — The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah (לְמַֽעַזְיָ֖הוּ).
• Nehemiah 10:8 — Maaziah (מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה), Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.