H5819 H5819
Aziza (personal name; Israelite who divorced foreign wife during Ezra's reforms)
Aziza is a personal name appearing in Ezra's list of men who had married foreign women and agreed to divorce them during the post-exilic reforms. The name may mean 'strong' or 'powerful,' from the root for strength. He was among those from the family of Zattu who had intermarried with foreign women, which Ezra saw as threatening the community's covenant faithfulness. The reforms were controversial but deemed necessary to maintain Israel's distinct identity and loyalty to YHWH after the exile. Aziza's inclusion in the list indicates he complied with Ezra's demand to put away his foreign wife, a personally costly decision made in the name of communal holiness.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezra 10:27 lists Aziza among descendants of Zattu who had married foreign women: 'from the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.' Spanish 'y Aziza' reflects the conjunction in this list. The broader context is Ezra's campaign to dissolve mixed marriages seen as compromising covenant loyalty. Aziza appears only in this list of those who complied with the order. 1×
AR["وَ-عَزِيزَا"]·ben["আর-অসীসা"]·DE["[ועזיזא]"]·EN["and-Aziza"]·FR["[ועזיזא]"]·heb["ו-עזיזא"]·HI["और-अजीजा"]·ID["dan-Aziza"]·IT["[ועזיזא]"]·jav["lan-Aziza"]·KO["그리고-아시사"]·PT["e-Aziza"]·RU["и-Азиза"]·ES["y-Aziza"]·SW["na-Aziza"]·TR["ve-Aziza"]·urd["اور-عزیزہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֲזִיזָא n.pr.m. one with foreign wife Ezr 10:27, Οζει(α), Αζιζα.