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HebrewH5813Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֻזִּי

uz.zi

8Occurrences
H5813Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Uzzi, the name of six Israelites

from H5810 (עָזַז); forceful;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Bukki (H1231H); father of: Zerahiah (H2228) § Uzzi = "strong" 1) a Levite, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah in the line of the high priest although apparently never high priest himself 2) son of Tola and grandson of Issachar 3) a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a family of Benjamin 4) son of Michri and father of Elah and an ancestor of a family of returned exiles settling in Jerusalem. Maybe same as 3 5) a Levite, son of Bani, and an overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 6) a priest, chief of the father's house of Jedaiah, in the time of Joiakim the high priest 7) one of the priests who helped Ezra in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Maybe same as 6

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֻזִּי appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
3
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:2BSB

The sons of Tola:Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

1 Chronicles 7:3BSB

The son of Uzzi:Izrahiah.The sons of Izrahiah:Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

1 Chronicles 7:7BSB

The sons of Bela:Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.

1 Chronicles 9:8BSB

Ibneiah son of Jeroham;Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri;Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

Ezra 7:4BSB

the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

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