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HebrewH0223Proper Noun (Masculine)

אוּרִיָּה

u.riy.yah

33Occurrences
H0223Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ; from H217 (אוּר) and H3050 (יָהּ); flame of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; married to Bathsheba (H1339) Also named: Ourias (*Οὐρίας *"Uriah" G3774) § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" 1) Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2) a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar 3) a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אוּרִיָּה appears 33 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
19
2 Kings
4
Jeremiah
3
Nehemiah
3
1 Chronicles
1
1 Kings
1
Ezra
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:41BSB

Uriah the Hittite,Zabad son of Ahlai,

2 Samuel 11:3BSB

So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 11:11BSB

Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

2 Samuel 11:21BSB

Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

2 Samuel 23:39BSB

and Uriah the Hittite.There were thirty-seven in all.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.