Dictionaries :: Azriel

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Azriel:

same as Asriel

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Azriel:

az'-ri-el (‘azri'el, "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 (1Ch 5:24ff).

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

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

Nave's Topical Bible

Azriel: 1. A Chief of Manasseh

1Ch 5:24

Azriel: 2. Father of Jerimoth

1Ch 27:19

Azriel: 3. Father of Seriah

Jer 36:26

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Azriel:

(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)