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 NERFINISHED
Catholic biblical canon
Deuterocanonical books NERFINISHED
Orthodox biblical canon
associatedWithTheme angelic protection
divine guidance
healing
providence
claimsToBe Azariah son of the great Hananiah NERFINISHED
concealsIdentityAs human traveler
guides Tobias NERFINISHED
Tobit NERFINISHED
knownBy Tobias NERFINISHED
Tobit NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
revealedAsAngelInChapter Tobit 12
roleInNarrative companion
guide
protector
sourceTextTradition Septuagint NERFINISHED
Vulgate NERFINISHED
trueIdentity Raphael (archangel) NERFINISHED
usedAsExampleOf angelic incognito
divine messenger in human form
usedBy Raphael (archangel) NERFINISHED

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