uzi · Uzzi

What it means

uzi (עֻזִּי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Uzzi”.

The name of several Israelites, among them a priest descended from Eleazar, several men of Issachar and of Benjamin, and Levites of Nehemiah's time. The name means "my strength."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×7
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×3

• 1 Chronicles 6:5

  and Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi;

• 1 Chronicles 6:6

  and Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;

• 1 Chronicles 6:51

  Bukki, his son; Uzzi, his son; Zerahiah, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 7:2

  And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Tola, mighty men of valor according to their generations; their number in the days of David: twenty-two thousand six hundred.

• 1 Chronicles 7:3

  And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; five, all of them heads.

• 1 Chronicles 7:7

  And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and their genealogical record: twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.

• 1 Chronicles 9:8

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

• Ezra 7:4

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

• Nehemiah 11:22

  And the one appointed of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of Elohim.

• Nehemiah 12:19

  and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

• Nehemiah 12:42

  and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers made themselves heard, with Izrahiah the one appointed.