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Uzziah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Called AZARIAH King of Judah 2Ki 14:21; 15:1,2; 2Ch 26:1,3 Rebuilds Elath 2Ki 14:22; 2Ch 26:2 Reigns righteously 2Ki 15:3; 2Ch 26:4,5 Defeats the Philistines 2Ch 26:6,7 Takes tribute from the Ammonites Strengthens the kingdom 2Ch 26:8 Strengthens the fortifications of Jerusalem 2Ch 26:9 Promotes cattle raising and agriculture 2Ch...

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Uzziel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

strength of God. (1.) One of the sons of Kohath, and uncle of Aaron (Ex. 6:18; Lev. 10:4). (2.) A Simeonite captain (1 Chr. 4:39-43). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7). (4.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4); called also Azareel (18). (5.) A son of Jeduthan (2 Chr. 29:14). (6.) The son of Harhaiah (Neh. 3:8)....

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Xerxes in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zerks'-ez: The name is an attempt to transliterate into Greek (Xerxes) the Persian Khshayarsha. The same word in unpointed Hebrew took the form 'chshwrsh, probably pronounced 'achshawarash, but at a later time it was wrongly vocalized so as to produce 'achashwerosh, from whence "Ahasuerus" in English versions of the Bible comes. Xerxes was kin...

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Uzziah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(strength of Jehovah). 1. King of Judah B.C. 809-8 to 757-6. In some passages his name appears in the lengthened form Azariah: After the murder of Amaziah, his son Uzziah was chosen by the people, at the age of sixteen, to occupy the vacant throne; and for the greater part of his long reign of fifty- two years he lived in the fear of God, and ...

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Uzziel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("strength of God".) 1. Kohath's fourth son (Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:22; 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 6:18). Head of one of the four great Kohathite families, UZZIELITES (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23). 2. Son of Ishi, of Simeon; one of the four captains who led their 500 brethren to Mount Seir, of which they dispossessed the Amalekites...

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Zaavan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

za'-a-van (za`-awan, meaning unknown): A Horite descendant of Seir (Gen 36:27; 1 Ch 1:42). In 1 Chronicles, Lucian has Zauan = Samaritan z-w-`-n i.e. Zaw`an, from a root meaning "to tremble," "fear" (see ..., BDB). King James Version has "Zavan" in 1 Chronicles....

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Vajezatha in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

vi'-za-tha, va-iz'-a-tha, va-jez'-a-tha, vaj-e-za'-tha (wayzatha'): One of the sons of Haman (Est 9:9). The form has been held to be corrupt, the Hebrew letter waw (w) being exceptionally tall, and the Hebrew letter zayin (z) exceptionally short (Benfey, Die persischen Keilinschriften (1847), XVIII, 93), and points to Vahyazdata, "Given of the...

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Zaavan in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called ZAVAN -A son of Ezer Ge 36:27; 1Ch 1:42...

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Uzziah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a contracted form of Azari'ah the Lord is my strength. (1.) One of Amaziah's sons, whom the people made king of Judah in his father's stead (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 26:1). His long reign of about fifty-two years was "the most prosperous excepting that of Jehosaphat since the time of Solomon." He was a vigorous and able ruler, and "his name ...

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Uzziah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("strength of Jehovah".) UZZAIH or AZARIAH. (See AZARIAH.) (2 Kings 14:2; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Kings 15:13), "helped by Jehovah". The two names, as nearly equivalent, were used promiscuously; so the Kohathite Uzziah and Azariah (1 Chronicles 6:9; 1 Chronicles 6:24) king of Judah (2 Chronicles 26). 1. A Kohathite, ancestor of Samu...

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