ʻĂzaryâh — H5839

H5839 · Hebrew — עזריה

Pronunciation: az-ar-yaw'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Azarjah, one of Daniel's companions

  1. Azariah = "Jehovah has helped"
  2. the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord
    1. also, 'Abednego' ( H05664 or H05665)

Usually translated as

Azariah

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5838

Occurrences

ʻĂzaryâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (1)