Bible Names

Azur: meaning of the name

Azur means “he that assists or is assisted.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Azur in Hebrew and Greek

עַזּוּר H5809

ʻAzzûwr (az-zoor') — Azzur, the name of three Israelites

or עַזֻּר; from H5826 (עָזַר); helpful;

People named Azur in the Bible

Azur in Scripture

“Azur” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Jeremiah 28:1

    And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

  • Ezekiel 11:1

    Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.