Bible Person

Azor

Meaning: a helper; a court · Male · 2 cross references

Azor is a post-exilic ancestor in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus, remembered through the line running toward the Messiah. He belongs to the quiet chain of names that connects Israel's long history to the New Testament fulfillment. First appears in Matt 1:13.1

AI summary: Azor matters because the cross references place him in the lineage through which Matthew frames Jesus as the heir of Israel's story. Though no narrative is attached to him, his place in the genealogy shows how the gospel treats even obscure ancestors as part of God's providential continuity. Taken together, the material presents Azor as a quiet but necessary link in the line leading to Christ.1

Central Figure

Azor

Meaning: a helper; a court