Azariah ( ''‘Ǎzaryāh'', "
Yah
Yah may refer to:
* Jah, shortened form of Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God
* YAH, The IATA code for La Grande-4 Airport in northern Quebec, Canada
* Yazgulyam language, by ISO 639 code
* Yah (song), "Yah" (song), by Kendrick Lamar from his album '' ...
has helped") is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish history, including:
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Abednego, the new name given to Azariah who is the companion of Daniel, Hananiah, and Mishael in the Book of Daniel ()
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Azariah (guardian angel), the name given
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...
as companion of
Tobias
Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, ...
in the
Book of Tobit
The Book of Tobit () ''Tōbith'' or ''Tōbit'' ( and spellings are also attested) itself from he, טובי ''Tovi'' "my good"; Book of Tobias in the Vulgate from the Greek ''Tōbias'', itself from the Hebrew ''Tovyah'' "Jah, Yah is good", al ...
.
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Azariah, the guardian angel of
Maria Valtorta to whom one of her handwritten books is dedicated
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Azariah (prophet), a prophet ()
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Azariah (high priest) high priest of Israel
High Priest ( he, כהן גדול, translit=Kohen Gadol or ; ) was the title of the chief religious official of Judaism from the early post-Exilic times until the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE. Previously ...
()
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Azariah II, another high priest, in the reign of
Uzziah ()
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Eleazar ben Azariah, the
Mishnaic
The Mishnah or the Mishna (; he, מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb ''shanah'' , or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Tora ...
sage
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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.
Other people named Azariah
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Azariah Flagg (1790–1873), New York politician
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Azariah S. Partridge
Azariah S. Partridge (December 19, 1834April 28, 1901) was a Michigan politician.
Early life
Partridge was born on December 19, 1834, in Saratoga County, New York. Around 1856, Partridge moved to Flushing Township, Michigan. Partridge worked ...
(1834–1901), Michigan state representative
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Azariah Wart (1822–1900), New York assemblyman
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Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah
Bishop Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (17 August 1874 – 1 January 1945) (also transliterated as Vedanayakam Samuel Azariah) was an Indian evangelist and the first Indian bishop in the churches of the Anglican Communion, serving as the first bishop ...
(1874–1945), Anglican bishop of Dornakal, India
References
See also
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Azaria (disambiguation)
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Azarian (surname)
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Azaryan (surname)
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Azarias (given name)
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Ben Azariah (disambiguation) Ben Azariah may refer to:
* Daniel ben Azariah (11th-century), the gaon of the Land of Israel from 1051 till 1062
*Eleazar ben Azariah, a 1st-century CE Jewish tanna, i.e. Mishnaic sage
See also
*Azariah Azariah ( ''‘Ǎzaryāh'', " Yah has helpe ...
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