Azur and Azzur
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in
the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet,
which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD,
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,...
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Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east
gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold
at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw
Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah,
princes of the people....
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One of three uses in the Bible (meaning, he that assists or is
assisted, helpful; also spelled Azzur):
The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon (Jeremiah
28:1).
The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1).
One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the
return from Babylon (Neh. 10:17)....
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az'-ur `azzur, "helpful":
(1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon in the
days of Zedekiah (Jer 28:1 ff).
(2) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant on
the return from Babylon (Neh 10:17).
(3) The father of Jaazaniah, "one of" the princes of the
people who gave wicked counsel to the city of Jerusalem (Ezek
11:1 f). th...
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1. An Israelite, who sealed Nehemiah's covenant
Ne 10:17
-2. A Gibeonite
Jer 28:1...
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(one who helps), one of the heads of the People who signed
the covenant with Nehemiah. Ne 10:17 (B.C. 410.) The name is
probably that of a family, and in Hebrew is the same as is
elsewhere represented by AZUR....
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helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer.
28:1).
(2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1).
(3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah
on the
return from Babylon (Neh. 10:17)....
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1. Jeremiah 28:1.
2. Ezekiel 11:1.
3. Nehemiah 10:17....
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