Azor (biblical figure)

Azor (Hebrew: אָזוֹר, 'helper'; Ancient Greek: Ἀζώρ, Azóres), according to a New Testament gospel narrative in Matthew 1:13 and 1:14, was an ancestor of Jesus.

[a] According to the Gospel of Matthew, Azor was the son of Eliakim and the father of Zadok from the patriarchal tribe of Judah.

In this view, by alluding to names from the lineage of the tribe of Levi in his genealogy, Matthew intended to unite the priestly and the royal lines of Israel in Jesus.

This long period of time for four individuals make scholars feel an accurate list would bear more generations.

[2] Azor is portrayed in many churches in stained-glass windows and lunettes within representations of the lineage of Jesus, from Abraham, and down, through David.

Lunette in the Sistine Chapel of Azor with Zadok his son
Portrait of Azor by Girolamo Tessari in Padova, Church Of S Francisco