עֻזִּיאֵלʻUzzîyʼêl
proper name, masculine: my strength is El
Pronunciation: ooz-zee-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5816
Meanings
1. Levites
2. Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:42)
3. Benjamite (1 Chronicles 7:7)
4. repairer of wall (Nehemiah 3:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 6:18 The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
- Exodus 6:22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
- Leviticus 10:4 Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron’s cousins, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”
- Numbers 3:19 The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- Numbers 3:30 The leader of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 4:42 Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel—all sons of Ishi.
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).