Azriel, meaning 'my help is God,' is borne by three men in Scripture. Most memorably, Azriel was one of three men King Jehoiakim sent to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch after the prophet's scroll was read and burned—a mission that failed because 'Yahweh hid them.' Another Azriel was a warrior chief in the half-tribe of Manasseh, and a third appears in the administrative records of Naphtali during David's reign. The name's theophoric element affirms God as helper, yet like many biblical names, the bearer's character doesn't always match the name's pious meaning.