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Topic:
Persons
Of The Bible -- Uzziel
The name "Uzziel" means "my power is God" in
Hebrew. The name also means "strength of God" or "my
strength is God".
There are various persons with the name "Uzziel" in the
scripture.
(1.) Fourth son of Kohath, father of Mishael, Eizaphan or Elizaphan
and Zithri, and uncle to Aaron. (Exodus 6:18,22; Leviticus 10:4) (B.C.
before 1491.)
(2,) A Simeonite captain, son of Ishi, in the days of Hezekiah. (1
Chronicles 4:42)
(3.) Head of a Benjamite house, grandson of Benjamin, of the sons of
Bela. (1 Chronicles 7:7) (B.C. 1706.)
(4.) A musician, of the sons of Heman in David's reign, called also
Azareel. (1 Chronicles 25:4)
(5.) A Levite, of the sons of Jeduthun, in the days of Hezekiah. (2
Chronicles 29:14,18) (B.C. 726.)
(6.) Son of Harhaiah, probably a priest in the days of Nehemiah, who
took part in repairing the wall. (Nehemiah 3:8) (B.C. 446.) He is
described as "of the goldsmiths," i.e. of those priests whose
hereditary office it was to repair or make the sacred vessels.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible
Dictionaries
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