Midvash

עֻזִּיָּהʻUzzîyâh

proper name, masculine: my strength is

Pronunciation: ooz-zee-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5818

Meanings

1. king of Judah = ׃עְַזַרְיָהוּ

2. father of an officer of David (1 Chronicles 27:25)

3. Levite name (1 Chronicles 6:9)

4. id., priest with foreign wife (Ezra 10:21)

5. id., name in Judah (Nehemiah 11:4; Nehemiah 11:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 27 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 15:13 Shallum son of Jabesh began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. Shallum reigned in Samaria only one month.
  • 2 Kings 15:30 Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
  • 2 Kings 15:32 Jotham son of Uzziah began to rule over Judah in the second year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel.
  • 2 Kings 15:34 Jotham did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:24 Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, and Shaul.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the palace treasuries. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the regional treasuries throughout the towns, villages, and fortresses of Israel.
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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).