ʼĂtsalyâhûw — H683

Definition

masculine proper noun

Atsaljah, an Israelite

1. Azaliah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) has reserved (set apart)"
2. the father of Shaphan the scribe

Usually translated as

Azaliah

Origin

from H680 and H3050 prolonged; Jah has reserved

• Derived from ʼâtsal (H680)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

ʼĂtsalyâhûw occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Kings 22:3 — And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah (אֲצַלְיָ֤הוּ), the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
• 2 Chronicles 34:8 — Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah (אֲצַלְיָ֜הוּ), and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.