Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5839: עֲזַרְיָה

ʻĂzaryâh · pronounced az-ar-yaw' · “Azariah”

Definition

Azarjah, one of Daniel's companions

KJV translates it as: Azariah.

Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5838 (עֲזַרְיָה);

Extended definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.1.6; also called Abednego at Dan.2.49; 3.12,13,14,16,19,20,22,23,26,28,29,30;
Aramaic of a.zar.yah (עֲזַרְיָה "Azariah" H5838Z)
§ Azariah = "Jehovah has helped"
1) the godly friend of Daniel who Nebuchadnezzar renamed Abednego; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king's table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord
1a) also, 'Abednego' (H5664 or H5665)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5839 is translated

  • azariah ×1

Bible verses with H5839 (ʻĂzaryâh)

ʻăzaryâh appears in 1 verse.

  • Daniel 2:17

    Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: