Azor (biblical figure)

Azor
Azor
	Azor in stained glass window: The Tree of Jesse, 1934 (detail), by Gustave Ladon. North transept, Church of Our Lady of Pamele, Oudenaarde, East Flanders, Belgium
Patrilineal ancestor of Jesus
Died	Traditionally c.372 BC
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church; Eastern Catholic Churches; Byzantine Catholic Church;
Canonized	Pre-congregation
Feast	Feast of the Holy Fathers: Sunday before the feast of the Nativity, falling 18−24 December (together with the other ancestors of Jesus)

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. He is mentioned as the son of Eliakim and the great-grandson of Zerubbabel; he is the father of Zadok. By this account he is of the Davidic line.

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