Strong H683אֲצַלְיָ֫הוּ
Azaliah
- Transliteration
- 'ătsalyâhû
- Pronunciation
- ats-al-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Azaliah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) has reserved (set apart)"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Azaliah
Father of Shaphan the scribe during Josiah's reign
Azaliah was the father of Shaphan the scribe, who served during the reign of King Josiah of Judah (2 Ki 22:3; 2 Chr 34:8).
In the Bible
Strong H683 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- azaliah2
First verses
- 2 Kings 22:3And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 34:8Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.