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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew עֲזַרְיָה (“Yahweh has helped”).
Proper noun
Azariah
- A male given name from Hebrew.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 2 Kings 15:1–2:In the twenty and seuenth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, began Azariah sonne of Amaziah king of Iudah to reigne. Sixteene yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned two aud fifty yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.
- A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.