Azriel

Az’riel. (whom God helps).

1. The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, a man of renown. 1Ch 5:24. (B.C. 741).

2. A Naphtalite, ancestor of Jerimoth, the head of the tribe at the time of David’s census. 1Ch 27:19. (B.C. 1015).

3. The father of Seraiah, an officer of Jehoiakim. Jer 36:26. (B.C. 605).

("God my help".) Like the Carthaginian, Hasdrubal means "Baal" )"his help".)

1. 1Ch 5:24.

2. 1Ch 27:19.

3. Jer 36:26.

(Hebrews Azriel’, עִזְרַיאֵל, help of God), the name of three men.

1. (Sept. Ο᾿ζιήλ) The father of Jerimoth, which latter was phylarch of the tribe of Naphtali under David (1Ch 27:19). B.C. 1014.

2. (Sept. Ι᾿εζριήλ.) One of the valiant heads of families of the tribe of Manasseh east who were taken into captivity by the Assyrians as a punishment of their national idolatry (1Ch 5:24). B.C. cir. 741.

3. (Sept. Ε᾿σριὴλ.) The father of Seraiah, which latter was one of the persons ordered by King Jehoiakim to seize Baruch and Jeremiah, and imprison them for sending him the roll of threatening prophecy (Jer 36:26). B.C. 605.

[A’zriel]

1. Head of one of the families of the half tribe of Manasseh. 1Ch 5:24.

2. Father of Jerimoth. 1Ch 27:19.

3. Father of Seraiah. Jer 36:26.

("God is my help"):

By: Morris Jastrow, Jr., Gerson B. Levi

1. Father of one of the men deputed by Jehoiakim to capture Baruch, the scribe of Jeremiah (Jer. xxxvi. 26).

2. Chief of one of the families of Manasseh, living on the eastern side of the Jordan (I Chron. v. 24).

3. Father of Jerimoth, the leader of Naphtali at the time that David numbered the people (I Chron. xxvii. 19).

AZRIEL.—1. Head of a ‘father’s house’ in the E. half tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24). 2. A Naphtalite (1Ch 27:19). 3. Father of Seraiah (Jer 36:26).

az´ri-el עזריאל, ‛azrı̄’ēl, “God’s help”):

(1) One of the leading men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, East of the Jordan, who with others of his tribe was carried captive by the king of Assyria (1Ch 5:24).

(2) The father of Jerimoth of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David (1Ch 27:19).

(3) The father of Seraiah, one of the officers sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (Jer 36:26).