Azzur

AZZUR (ăz'êr, Heb. ’azzur, helped)

Father of Hananiah the false prophet (Jer.28.1).Father of Jaazaniah (Ezek.11.1).One of the signers of the covenant in the days of Nehemiah (Neh.10.17).

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AZZUR ăz’ ər (עַזּ֨וּר; KJV has AZUR in 1, 3). 1. The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon in the days of King Zedekiah (Jer 28:1 ff.).

2. An Israelite leader who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah after the return from Babylon (Neh 10:17).

3. The father of Jaazaniah, an Israelite prince (Ezek 11:1).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)

(`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.