Ahaziah

American  

[ey-uh-zahy-uh, ey-ha-] / ˌeɪ əˈzaɪ ə, ˌeɪ hæ- /

noun

Bible.

1. a son of Ahab and his successor as king of Israel, reigned 853?–852? b.c.

2. a king of Judah, 846? b.c.

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Etymology

Origin of Ahaziah

From Hebrew Aḥazyāh, Aḥazyāhū “God grasps (the hand)”

Example Sentences

Some old words recur to him: "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!"

From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe

Good interpreters do conjecture, though Joash be called the son of Ahaziah, that he was not his son by nature, but by succession to the crown.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

In Israel, too, there had been changes, Ahab having been succeeded by Ahaziah, who, after a reign of one year, was succeeded by Jehoram.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

In terror Joram cried out, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah," and turned his horses to escape by flight.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

After this, when he joined himself with Ahaziah, who did very wickedly, the Lord brake his works, 2 Chron. xx.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander