uziya · Uzziah

What it means

uziya (עֻזִּיָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Uzziah”.

A name meaning "my strength is YHWH." Another name of King Azariah of Judah (2 Kings 15:13, 30, 32; Isaiah 6:1); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:24; Ezra 10:21).

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

• 2 Kings×4
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×13
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Isaiah×3
• Hosea×1
• Amos×1
• Zechariah×1

• 2 Kings 15:13

  Shallum son of Jabesh became king in year thirty-nine of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

• 2 Kings 15:30

  Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and reigned in his place, in year twenty of Jotham son of Uzziah.

• 2 Kings 15:32

  In year two of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.

• 2 Kings 15:34

  He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH; he did according to all that Uzziah his father had done.

• 1 Chronicles 6:24

  Tahath, his son; Uriel, his son; Uzziah, his son; and Saul, his son.

• 1 Chronicles 27:25

  Over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the stores in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan son of Uzziah;

• 2 Chronicles 26:1

  All the people of Judah took Uzziah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

• 2 Chronicles 26:3

  Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 26:8

  The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah, and his name went as far as the entrance of Egypt, for he had become strong exceedingly.

• 2 Chronicles 26:9

  Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem on the Corner Gate and on the Valley Gate and on the angle, and fortified them.

• 2 Chronicles 26:11

  Uzziah had a force that made war, going out to the army by bands, according to the number of their count, by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the supervisor, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the commanders of the king.

• 2 Chronicles 26:14

  Uzziah prepared for them, for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slings.

• 2 Chronicles 26:18

  They stood against Uzziah the king and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to YHWH, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and this will not be for your honor from YHWH Elohim.”

• 2 Chronicles 26:19

  Uzziah was enraged, and in his hand was a censer to burn incense; and when he was enraged with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of YHWH, beside the altar of incense.

• 2 Chronicles 26:21

  Uzziah the king was leprous until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house, leprous, for he was cut off from the house of YHWH; and Jotham his son was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

• 2 Chronicles 26:22

  The rest of the acts of Uzziah, the first and the last, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, wrote.

• 2 Chronicles 26:23

  Uzziah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is leprous.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 27:2

  He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Uzziah his father had done; only he did not enter into the temple of YHWH. But the people were still acting corruptly.

• Ezra 10:21

  And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.

• Nehemiah 11:4

  And in Jerusalem lived some of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

• Isaiah 1:1

  The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

• Isaiah 6:1

  In the year of the death of King Uzziah, I saw Adonai sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his skirts filled the temple.

• Isaiah 7:1

  It happened in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Aram went up, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but he could not fight against it.

• Hosea 1:1

  The word of YHWH that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

• Amos 1:1

  The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

• Zechariah 14:5

  And you will flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal; and you will flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And YHWH my Elohim will come, and all the holy ones with you.

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