ʻĂzarʼêl — H5832

Definition

masculine proper noun

Azarel, the name of five Israelites

1. Azarael or Azareel = "God has helped"
2. a Korhite warrior of David who joined him at Ziklag
3. a Levite musician of the family of Heman in the time of David
4. a Danite, son of Jeroham and a prince of the tribe at the census of David
5. one of the sons of Bani who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
6. a priest, ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai, a priest in Jerusalem after the return from exile
7. a priest and musician in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Azareel, Azarael

Origin

from H5826 and H410; God has helped

• Derived from ʻâzar (H5826)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

ʻĂzarʼêl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (3), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2)

• 1 Chronicles 12:6 — Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel (וַעֲזַרְאֵ֧ל), and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
• 1 Chronicles 25:18 — The eleventh to Azareel (עֲזַרְאֵ֔ל), he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
• 1 Chronicles 27:22 — Of Dan, Azareel (עֲזַרְאֵ֖ל) the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
• Ezra 10:41 — Azareel (עֲזַרְאֵ֥ל), and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
• Nehemiah 11:13 — And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel (עֲזַרְאֵ֛ל), the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
• Nehemiah 12:36 — And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael (וַעֲזַרְאֵ֡ל), Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.