(az' zur) Personal name meaning, “one who has been helped.” 1. Jewish leader who sealed Nehemiah's covenant to obey God's law (Nehemiah 10:17). 2. Father of Hananiah, the prophet, in Jeremiah's days (Jeremiah 28:1). 3. Father of Jaazaniah, Jewish leader in Jerusalem who plotted evil in Ezekiel's day (Ezekiel 11:1).
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