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Azaniah

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Azaniah was one of the Levites who sealed the covenant during the time of Nehemiah (Neh.10.9).

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Azaniah is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as one of the Levites who sealed the covenant during the time of Nehemiah's religious and social reforms in Jerusalem. In Nehemiah 10, a list is given of the priests, Levites, and leaders who signed the covenant, pledging to follow the Law of God and to support the temple and its services. Azaniah is listed among the Levites who participated in this solemn act of commitment. The signing of the covenant was a significant event in the history of Israel, marking a renewed dedication to God and His laws after the return from Babylonian exile. As a Levite, Azaniah would have had specific responsibilities related to the temple and the religious life of the community.

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Azaniah Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(whom the Lord hears), the father or immediate ancestor of Jeshua the Levite, in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:9)

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Azaniah Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

hearing the Lord; the Lord's weapons

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Azaniah Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

AZANI'AH (whom Jehovah hears), the father of Jeshua the Levite, Neh 10:9.

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Azaniah Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

AZANI'AH (whom Jehovah hears), the father of Jeshua the Levite, Neh 10:9.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Azaniah appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H0245

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Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.