Azariah
a.zar.yah is a personal name borne by individuals in genealogies, royal records, priestly settings, and other narratives.
The supplied occurrences use this form as a personal name for different individuals: in genealogical lines, royal notices, priestly and Levite contexts, and named groups in narrative settings. The verses distinguish those individuals by parentage, office, action, or surrounding companions rather than by a different lexical use of the name.
Senses in use
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Personal name in varied narrative settings · dominant
In 1 Chronicles 2:38 and 1 Chronicles 2:39, the form occurs within a genealogy, where the APB renders successive begetting statements. In 2 Kings 14:21 and 2 Kings 15:1, it identifies the person whom Judah made king and whose reign is dated; in 2 Chronicles 26:17, the APB renders the named priest entering after him. Daniel 1:7 places the name among four Judean youths receiving new names, while Nehemiah 3:23 names a man who strengthened the section beside his house.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB generally presents the form as “Azariah” within names, genealogies, offices, and narrative lists. Its omission of the name in the rendering of Nehemiah 10:3 does not establish a different use of the supplied form.