Strong's H5839 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: עֲזַרְיָה (ʻĂzaryâh)

Pronunciation: az-ar-yaw'

POS: az-ar-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: (Aramaic) corresponding to ;

Definition: (Aramaic) corresponding to עֲזַרְיָה; Azarjah, one of Daniel's companions; Azariah.

KJV Usage: Azariah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Azariah = "Jehovah has helped"
• 2. 1) 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
• 3. 1a) also, 'Abednego' ( H05664 or H05665)

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