אוּרִיאֵלʼÛwrîyʼêl

proper name, masculine: flame of El or my light is El, Urumilki

Pronunciation: oo-ree-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H222

Meanings

1. chief of Levitical line of Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:9; 1 Chronicles 15:5; 1 Chronicles 15:11)

2. maternal grandfather of Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:24 Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, and Shaul.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:5 From the clan of Kohath, 120, with Uriel as their leader.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:11 Then David summoned the priests, Zadok and Abiathar, and these Levite leaders: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
  • 2 Chronicles 13:2 He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).