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ʿuzziyyāhū עֻזִּיָּהוּ ‘Uzziah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿōz עֹז ‘strength’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: עוז עוז יה

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

Mentioned in 2 Kings 15:34, 15:30, 15:13, 15:32 Isaiah 6:1, 1:1, 7:1 Hosea 1:1 Amos 1:1 Zechariah 14:5 Ezra 10:21 Nehemiah 11:4 1 Chronicles 27:25, 6:9 2 Chronicles 26:1, 26:23, 27:2, 26:14, 26:18, 26:22, 26:3, 26:21, 26:8, 26:19, 26:9, 26:11

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