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Azzur, Azur

az'-ur (he that assists or is assisted, one who helpls, helper)
RELATED: Babylon, Covenant, Hananiah, Jaazaniah, Nehemiah, Prophet(s)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

helper.

(1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet ( Jeremiah 28:1 ).

(2) The father of Jaazaniah ( Ezekiel 11:1 ).

(3) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon ( Nehemiah 10:17 ).

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

he that assists or is assisted

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

(one who helps) One of the heads of the People who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 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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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

az'-ur ('azzur, "helpful"):

(1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon in the days of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 28:1ff).

(2) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant on the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 10:17).

(3) The father of Jaazaniah, "one of" the princes of the people who gave wicked counsel to the city of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 11:1f). the King James Version has "Azur" for (1) and (3), but the Hebrew form of (3) is 'azur.

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