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        <p> <strong> AZARIAS </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . Esther 9:21 Esther 9:21; called <strong> [[Uzziah]] </strong> , Ezra 10:21 . Ezra 10:2 . 1Es 9:43 , one of those who stood beside <strong> Ezra </strong> at the reading of the Law. <strong> 3 </strong> . 1Es 9:48 = <strong> [[Azariah]] </strong> of Nehemiah 8:7 . Nehemiah 8:4 . Name assumed by the angel [[Raphael]] ( Tob 5:12; Tob 6:5; Tob 6:13; Tob 7:8; Tob 9:2 ). <strong> 5 </strong> . A captain of [[Judas]] Maccabæus ( 1Ma 5:18; 1Ma 5:56; 1Ma 5:60 ). </p>

        <p> '''''az''''' -'''''a''''' -'''''rı̄´as''''' Ἀζαρίας , <i> '''''Azarı́as''''' </i> and Ἀζαρείας , <i> '''''Azareı́as''''' </i> ̌ : </p> <p> (1) Azarias, who put away his "strange wife" (1 [[Esdras]] 9:21); compare [[Uzziah]] ( Ezra 10:21 ). </p> <p> (2) Azarias, who stood at the right side of Ezra when the law was read to the people (1 Esdras 9:43); omitted in Ezra 8:4 . </p> <p> (3) Azarias, who interpreted the law to the people (1 Esdras 9:48); compare [[Azariah]] ( Nehemiah 8:7 ). </p> <p> (4) Azarias, a name assumed by the angel [[Raphael]] (Tobit 5:12; 6:6, 13; 7:8; 9:2). See [[Raphael]] . </p> <p> (5) Azarias, a general in the service of [[Judas]] [[Maccabee]] (1 Macc 5:18, 56, 60). </p> <p> (6) Azarias, one of the three men thrown into the fiery furnace (The Song of the three [[Children]] (Azariah) verses 2, 66); compare Azariah ( Daniel 1:6; Daniel 2:17 ), Abed-nego ( Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12 ). </p>

        <p> ( Ἀζαρίας , the [[Greek]] form of Azarfah), the name of several men in the Apocrypha. </p> <p> 1. The last named of the "sons" of Emmett (rather Harim) among the priests who promised to renounce their [[Gentile]] wives after the captivity ( 1 [[Esdras]] 9:21) evidently the UZZIAH (See [[Uzziah]]) (q.v.) of the true text </p> <p> ( Ezra 10:21). </p> <p> 2. One of the nobles stated to have supported Ezra on the right while reading the law to the people ( 1 Esdras 9:43); but the genuine list ( Nehemiah 8:4) does not contain this name. </p> <p> 3. One of the priests who expounded the law on the same occasion ( 1 Esdras 9:48); the AZARIAH (See [[Azariah]]) (q.v.) of the Hebrews text </p> <p> ( Nehemiah 8:7). </p> <p> 4. The son of Helchias and father of Seraias in the genealogy of Ezra (2 [Vulg. 4] Ezra 1:1); the AZARIAH (See [[Azariah]]) (q.v.) of the Hebrews lineage ( Ezra 7:1). </p> <p> 5. A name assumed by the angel [[Raphael]] ( [[Tobit]] 5:12; Tobit 6:6; Tobit 6:13; Tobit 7:8; Tobit 9:2). </p> <p> 6. The name (Song of 3 Children, ver. 2, 26, 66) of Abednego, Daniel's companion in trial, i.e. AZARIAH (See [[Azariah]]) (q.v.) of Daniel 1:7. He is mentioned by this Greek appellation also in 1 [[Maccabees]] 2:59, and by [[Josephus]] (Ant. 10:10,1). (See Daniel, Additions To). 7. One of the generals under [[Judas]] Maccabaeus ( 1 Maccabees 5:18); he was defeated by [[Gorgias]] near [[Jamnia]] ( 1 Maccabees 5:56; 1 Maccabees 5:60; Josephus, Ant. 12, 8, 2 and 6). </p>

        <ref name="term_49541"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/azarias Azarias from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

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