ʻAzrîyqâm — H5840

Definition

masculine proper noun

Azrikam, the name of four Israelites

1. Azrikam = "help against the enemy"
2. son of Neariah and descendant of Zerubbabel of the royal line of Judah
3. a Benjamite, eldest son of Azel and descendant of Saul
4. a Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah in the time of Nehemiah
5. governor of the palace of king Ahaz of Judah and victim of murder by Zichri

Usually translated as

Azrikam

Origin

from H5828 and active participle of H6965; help of an enemy

• Derived from ʻêzer (H5828)
• Derived from Qûwm (H6965)

Occurrences

ʻAzrîyqâm occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 3:23 — And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam (וְעַזְרִיקָ֖ם), three.
• 1 Chronicles 8:38 — And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam (עַזְרִיקָ֥ם), Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
• 1 Chronicles 9:14 — And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam (עַזְרִיקָ֥ם), the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
• 1 Chronicles 9:44 — And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam (עַזְרִיקָ֥ם), Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
• 2 Chronicles 28:7 — And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam (עַזְרִיקָ֖ם) the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
• Nehemiah 11:15 — Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam (עַזְרִיקָ֥ם), the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;