Azel
אָצֵלStrong’s H0682atsel (a-tsel)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atsel is the Hebrew word usually translated “azel” and “azal”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.37
- § Azal = "proximity: he has reserved"
How it's translated
- azel 4
- and to azel 2
- azal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 4
- Zechariah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 8:37And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
- 1 Chronicles 8:38And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 9:43And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
- 1 Chronicles 9:44And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
Hebrew dictionary
אָצֵל atsel · Azel
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.37; son of: Binea (H1150); brother of: Raphah (H7498) and Eleasah (H0501H); father of: Azrikam (H5840H), Bocheru (H1074), Ishmael (H3458I), Sheariah (H8187), Obadiah (H5662J) and Hanan (H2605H) § Azel = "reserved" n pr m (CLBL) a Benjamite descendant of Saul and Jonathan
אָצֵל atsel · Azal
§ Azal = "proximity: he has reserved" a place near Jerusalem, site presently unknown
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.