ʼÛwrîyâh — H223

H223 · Hebrew — איריה

Pronunciation: oo-ree-yaw'

Other spellings: ʼÛwrîyâhûw אוּרִיָּהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

  1. Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"
  2. Hittite husband of Bathsheba
  3. a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar
  4. a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
  5. a prophet slain by Jehoiakim

Usually translated as

Uriah, Urijah

Origin

or (prolonged) ʼÛwrîyâhûw ; from H217 and H3050; flame of Jah

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼÛwrîyâh occurs 39 times in 33 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (19), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — U