Aziel

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

A’ziel. (whom God comforts). A Levite. 1Ch 15:20. The name is a shortened form of Jaaziel in 1Ch 15:18.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

Contracted from Jaaziel (1Ch 15:18; 1Ch 15:20).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock & James Strong (1880) ↑

(Hebrews Az’el’, עֲזַיאֵל, Sept. Ο᾿ζιήλ), prob. a contracted form (1Ch 15:20) of the name JAAZIEL SEE JAAZIEL (q.v.) in the same chapter (1Ch 15:18).

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[A’ziel]

Levite in the choral service at the bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom, 1Ch 15:20: a shortened form apparently of JAAZIEL in 1Ch 15:18.

Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer (ed.) (1906) ↑

("God is my strength"):

By: Morris Jastrow, Jr., Gerson B. Levi

A Levite singer in the Temple; assistant to Asaph, Heman, and Ethan (I Chron. xv. 20). In I Chron. xv. 18 he is called "Jaaziel." The name of the gens Azieli is found in I Chron. xxvi. 23.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

AZIEL.—A Levite (1Ch 15:20); called in 1Ch 15:18 Jaaziel—the full form of the name.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

ā´zi-el עזיאל, ‛ăzı̄’ēl, “God is power”; compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 210, 309): A Levite singer who played the psalteries (1Ch 15:20); compare Jaaziel (1Ch 15:18).