Azariah (disguised name in Book of Tobit)

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Azariah is the human alias used by the archangel Raphael when he appears incognito to guide Tobit and his son Tobias in the biblical Book of Tobit.

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Azariah (disguised name in Book of Tobit) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alias
disguise
fictional character
appearsIn Book of Tobit
Catholic biblical canon
Deuterocanonical books
Orthodox biblical canon
associatedWithTheme angelic protection
divine guidance
healing
providence
claimsToBe Azariah son of the great Hananiah
concealsIdentityAs human traveler
guides Tobias
Tobit
knownBy Tobias
Tobit
languageOfName Hebrew
meaningOfName Yahweh has helped
narrativeFunction to accompany Tobias on his journey
to arrange Tobias’s marriage to Sarah
to instruct Tobias in using the fish to heal
to reveal God’s intervention at the end of the story
religiousContext Christianity
Judaism (Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal literature)
revealedAsAngelInChapter Tobit 12
roleInNarrative companion
guide
protector
sourceTextTradition Septuagint
Vulgate
trueIdentity Raphael (archangel)
usedAsExampleOf angelic incognito
divine messenger in human form
usedBy Raphael (archangel)

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Raphael (archangel) alias Azariah (disguised name in Book of Tobit)