Topic
Azzur
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Nehemiah 10:17Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. An Israelite, who sealed Nehemiah's covenant
Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
- Jeremiah 28:1ISBE · Nave 2. A Gibeonite
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…
- Ezekiel 11:1ISBE
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…
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
az'-ur (`azzur, "helpful"):
(1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon in the days of Zedekiah (Jer 28:1ff).
(2) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant on the return from Babylon (Ne 10:17).
(3) The father of Jaazaniah, "one of" the princes of the people who gave wicked counsel to the city of Jerusalem (Eze 11:1f). the King James Version has "Azur" for (1) and (3), but the Hebrew form of (3) is `azur.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.