ʻUzzîyâh — H5818

H5818 · Hebrew — עזיה

Pronunciation: ooz-zee-yaw'

Other spellings: ʻUzzîyâhûw עֻזִּיָּהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites

  1. Uzziah = "my strength is Jehovah"
  2. son of king Amaziah of Judah and king of Judah himself for 52 years; also 'Azariah'
  3. a Kohathite Levite and ancestor of Samuel
  4. a priest of the sons of Harim who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
  5. a Judaite, father of Athaiah or Uthai
  6. father of Jehonathan, one of David's overseers

Usually translated as

Uzziah

Origin

or ʻUzzîyâhûw; from H5797 and H3050; strength of Jah

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻUzzîyâh occurs 27 times in 26 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (12), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (3), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (1)