Uzziel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

u-zi'-el, uz'-i-el, oo'-zi-el (`uzzi'el, "El (God) is my strength"): (1) A "son" of Kohath (Ex 6:18,22; Lev 10:4; Nu 3:19,30; 1 Ch 6:2,18 (Hebrew 5:28; 6:3); 15:10; 23:12,20; 24:24), called in Lev 10:4 "uncle of Aaron." The family is called Uzzielites (ha`uzzi'eli (collectively)) in Nu 3:27; 1 Ch 26:23. (2) A Simeonite captain (1 Ch 4:42). (3) Head of a Benjamite (or according to Curtis a Zebulunite) family (1 Ch 7:7). (4) A Hemanite musician (1 Ch 25:4); The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Azarael = "Azarel," the name given in 1 Ch 25:18. See AZAREL. (5) A Levite "son" of Jeduthun (2 Ch 29:14). (6) A goldsmith who joined in repairing the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 3:8). (7) The reading of Septuagint (Oziel) for Jahaziel in 1 Ch 23:19. See JAHAZIEL, (3). David Francis Roberts