HebrewH0274Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ

a.chaz.yah

27Occurrences
H0274Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king

or (prolonged) אֲחַזְיָהוּ ; from H270 (אָחַז) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has seized;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Ahab (H0256) and Jezebel (H0348); brother of: Joash (H3101H), Joram (H3141H) and Athaliah (H6271) § Ahaziah = "Jehovah (Yahu) holds (possesses)" 1) ruler of Israel, son of ) ruler of Judah, son of Jehoram (Joram)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ appears 27 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
16
2 Chronicles
9
1 Chronicles
1
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:11BSB

Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

2 Chronicles 22:2BSB

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

2 Chronicles 22:11BSB

But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

2 Kings 11:2BSB

But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

2 Kings 8:26BSB

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

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