Azariah
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew עֲזַרְיָה (“Yahweh has helped”).
Proper noun
Azariah
- A male given name.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Kings 15:1–2:
- In the twenty and seuenth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, began Azariah sonne of Amaziah king of Iudah to reigne. Sixteene yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned two aud fifty yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.
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- A female given name of modern usage.
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