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az-a-rı̄´as ἈζαÏιÌας, AzarıÌas and ἈζαÏειÌας, AzareıÌasÌŒ:
(1) Azarias, who put away his “strange wife†(1 Esdras 9:21); compare Uzziah ().
(2) Azarias, who stood at the right side of Ezra when the law was read to the people (1 Esdras 9:43); omitted in .
(3) Azarias, who interpreted the law to the people (1 Esdras 9:48); compare Azariah ().
(4) Azarias, a name assumed by the angel Raphael (Tobit 5:12; 6:6, 13; 7:8; 9:2). See RAPHAEL.
(5) Azarias, a general in the service of Judas Maccabee (1 Macc 5:18, 56, 60).
(6) Azarias, one of the three men thrown into the fiery furnace (The Song of the three Children (Azariah) verses 2, 66); compare Azariah (; ), Abed-nego (; ; ).