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Azur

also known as: Azzur, Azor, and Yazur

Meaning: mighty, heroic, helper

This was the name of some biblical men and a small town.

  1. Azor, the father of Zadok (aka Sadoc), a royal son

    He is mentioned in Matthew 1:13-14, as being in the lineage of Jesus Christ.

    King David (and Queen Bathsheba) →King Solomon →King Rehoboam →King Abijah (Abijam) →King Asa →King Jehoshaphat →King Jehoram (Joram) →King Ahaziah (Uzziah) →King Jotham →King Ahaz →King Hezekiah →King Manasseh →King Amon →King Josiah →Jeconiah (Jechonias, Jehoiachin, Jekonjah, Coniah, Neri) →Prince Shealtiel (exiled to Babylon) →Prince Zerubbabel (royal leader of the return exiles, rebuilt the altar and Temple foundation) →Prince Abiud (Abihud) →Governor Eliakim →Azor →Zadok →Achim →Eliud →Eleazar →Matthan →Jacob →JOSEPH, the legal father of Jesus Christ

  2. Azzur (aka Azur), the father of Hananiah

    Hananiah is a false prophet who was from Gibeon (Jeremiah 28).

    Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, Yahweh has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’” So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month. —Jeremiah 28:15-17 LSB

  3. Azur, father of Jaazaniah

    also known as: Azzur

    The prophet Ezekiel saw this man’s son (a Judean official) at a gate of the Jerusalem Temple in a Divine vision.

    Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of Yahweh which faced eastward. And behold, at the entrance of the gate, there were 25 men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. —Ezekiel 11:1 LSB

    This is the only mention of this Azur (Azzur).

  4. Azur, one of those who sealed the covenant with YHWH

    This was on the return from the exile in Babylon.

    Neh. 10:17

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  5. Azor (aka Azur), a town in Israel

    also known as: A-zu-ru (Babylonian)

    It was on the old road from Jerusalem to Joppa.

    The tel (mound of ruins) of the ancient city is located in the northern part of modern Azor, Israel, southeast of Tel Aviv.

    Site of Azor (Azur)—satellite view

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Article Version: April 8, 2026