Azariah

Azariah (Hebrew: עֲזַרְיָה ‘Ǎzaryāh, "Yah has helped")^[1] is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish history, including:

• Abednego, the new name given to Azariah, who is the companion of Daniel, Hananiah, and Mishael in the Book of Daniel (Daniel 1:6–7)
• Azariah (guardian angel), the name given Raphael as companion of Tobias in the Book of Tobit.
• Azariah, the guardian angel of Maria Valtorta to whom one of her handwritten books is dedicated
• Azariah (prophet), a prophet (2 Chronicles 15:1–8)
• Azariah (high priest) high priest of Israel (1 Kings 4:2)
• Azariah II, another high priest, in the reign of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:17–20)
• Eleazar ben Azariah, the Mishnaic sage
• Uzziah, King of Judah, also known as Azariah
• Two "commanders of the hundreds" who formed part of Jehoiada's campaign to restore the kingship to Joash in 2 Chronicles 23: Azariah, son of Jeroham and Azariah son of Obed.^[2]

Other people named Azariah

• Azariah Flagg (1790–1873), New York politician
• Azariah S. Partridge (1834–1901), Michigan state representative
• Azariah Wart (1822–1900), New York assemblyman
• Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (1874–1945), Anglican bishop of Dornakal, India

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Azariah
• All pages with titles containing Azariah
• Azahriah
• Azaria (surname)
• Azarian (surname)
• Azaryan (surname)
• Azarias (given name)
• Ben Azariah (disambiguation)
• Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
2. 2 Chronicles 23:1