Azriel

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Az'riel. (Whom God Helps).

1. The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, a man of renown.  1 Chronicles 5:24. (B.C. 741).

2. A Naphtalite, ancestor of Jerimoth, the head of the tribe at the time of David's census.  1 Chronicles 27:19. (B.C. 1015).

3. The father of Seraiah, an officer of Jehoiakim.  Jeremiah 36:26. (B.C. 605).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Azriel . 1 . Head of a ‘father’s house’ in the E. half tribe of Manasseh (  1 Chronicles 5:24 ). 2 . A Naphtalite (  1 Chronicles 27:19 ). 3 . Father of Seraiah (  Jeremiah 36:26 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("God my help".) Like the Carthaginian, Hasdrubal means "Baal" )"his help".)

1.  1 Chronicles 5:24.

2.  1 Chronicles 27:19.

3.  Jeremiah 36:26.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Headof one of the families of the half tribe of Manasseh.  1 Chronicles 5:24 .

2. Father of Jerimoth.  1 Chronicles 27:19 .

3. Father of Seraiah.  Jeremiah 36:26 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 5:24 2 1 Chronicles 27:19 3 Jeremiah 36:26

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Azriel', עִזְרַיאֵל , Help Of God), the name of three men.

1. (Sept. Ο᾿Ζιήλ ) The father of Jerimoth, which latter was phylarch of the tribe of Naphtali under David ( 1 Chronicles 27:19). B.C. 1014.

2. (Sept. Ι᾿Εζριήλ .) One of the valiant heads of families of the tribe of Manasseh east who were taken into captivity by the Assyrians as a punishment of their national idolatry ( 1 Chronicles 5:24). B.C. cir. 741.

3. (Sept. Ε᾿Σριὴλ .) The father of Seraiah, which latter was one of the persons ordered by King Jehoiakim to seize Baruch and Jeremiah, and imprison them for sending him the roll of threatening prophecy ( Jeremiah 36:26). B.C. 605.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

az´ri - el עזריאל , ‛azrı̄'ēl , "God's help"):

(1) One of the leading men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, East of the Jordan, who with others of his tribe was carried captive by the king of Assyria ( 1 Chronicles 5:24 ).

(2) The father of Jerimoth of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David ( 1 Chronicles 27:19 ).

(3) The father of Seraiah, one of the officers sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch ( Jeremiah 36:26 ).