Easton's Bible Dictionary Helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jeremiah 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 10:17). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AZZUR az'-ur (`azzur, "helpful"): (1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon in the days of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 28:1). (2) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant on the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 10:17). (3) The father of Jaazaniah, "one of" the princes of the people who gave wicked counsel to the city of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 11:1f). the King James Version has "Azur" for (1) and (3), but the Hebrew form of (3) is `azur.

Multi-Version Concordance Azzur (3 Occurrences) Nehemiah 10:17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Jeremiah 28:1 It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)