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Azaziah meaning

Azaziah in Biblical Hebrew
עזזיהו
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🔼The name Azaziah: Summary

Meaning
Yah Is Strong, Strength Of Yah
Etymology
From (1) the verb עזז ('azaz), to be strong, and (2) יהו (yahu), the shortened name of the Lord.
Related names
• Via עזז ('azaz): Azaz, Azazel, Azbuk, Azgad, Aziel, Aziza, Azmaveth, Azzan, Boaz, Eluzai, Ezra(h), Gaza, Jaaziah, Jaaziel, Maaziah, Perez-uzzah, Uzi, Uzza, Uzzah, Uzzi, Uzzia, Uzziah, Uzziel
• Via יהו (yahu): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of yahu- and yah-names.

🔼The name Azaziah in the Bible

The name Azaziah is actually Azaziahu. Almost all Hebrew names that end with iah also occur slightly expanded, ending with iahu. But the English translations of the Bible traditionally only list the iah-form and omit the iahu-form. The name Azaziah only occurs as Azaziahu in the Bible, but, true to tradition, we'll continue to speak of Azaziah:

There are three men named Azaziah in the Bible, all relatively late in the narrative:

  • A Levite musician who played the lyre while the king David moved the Ark of the Covenant (1 Chronicles 15:21).
  • The father of Hoshea, a viceroy of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 27:20).
  • A chief officer of the temple during the monarchy of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:13).

🔼Etymology of the name Azaziah

The name Azaziah consists of two elements. The first part of our name comes from the verb עזז ('azaz), meaning to be strong:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עזז

The verb עזז ('azaz) means to be strong. Adjective עז ('az) means strong, mighty or fierce and adjective עזוז ('izzuz) means mighty or powerful. Nouns עז ('oz) and עזוז ('ezuz) mean strength, might or fierceness.

Noun עזניה ('ozniya) denotes some kind of bird of prey (this word may actually be a convenient import from another language) and noun עז ('ez) denotes a she-goat (this word may actually derive from a verb that means to be wayward or perhaps strong-headed).

Verb עוז ('uz) means to bring into refuge or to seek safety. Noun מעוז (ma'oz) describes a place or agent of safety.

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The final part of the name Azaziah is the appellative יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHWH, or Yahweh.

🔼Azaziah meaning

For a meaning of the name Azaziah, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Is Strong. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Strengthened Of The Lord. And BDB Theological Dictionary reads Yahweh Is Mighty.