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Uzzah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. A Benjamite, of Ehud's sons (1 Chronicles 8:7). 2. Children of Uzza; Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:51). 3. A descendant of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29)....

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Uzziah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

u-zi'-a, oo-zi'-a (`uzziyah (2 Ki 15:13,30; Hos 1:1; Am 1:1; Zec 14:5), `uzziyahu (2 Ki 15:32,34; Isa 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; 2 Ch 26:1 ff; 27:2); also called `azaryah (2 Ki 14:21; 15:1,7; 1 Ch 3:12), 'azaryahu (2 Ki 15:6,8); Azarias, in Kings, elsewhere Ozias; the significations of the names are similar, the former meaning "my strength is Yah"; the la...

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Uz in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Aram Ge 10:23; 1Ch 1:17 -2. Son of Nahor Ge 22:21 In the A. V., called Huz -3. Son of Dishan Ge 36:28; 1Ch 1:42 -4. A country of unknown location Home of Job Job 1:1 Prophecies concerning Jer 25:20; La 4:21...

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Uzal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a wanderer, a descendant of Joktan (Gen. 10:27; 1 Chr. 1:21), the founder apparently of one of the Arab tribes; the name also probably of the province they occupied and of their chief city....

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Uzzah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

strength; goat...

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Uz in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(wooded). 1. A son of Aram, Ge 10:23; 1Ch 1:17 end consequently a grand son of Shem. (B.C. 2400-2300.) 2. A son of Nahor by Milcah. Ge 22:21 Authorized Version, Huz. (B.C. about 1900.) 3. A son of Dishan, and grandson of Seir. Ge 36:28 (B.C. after 1800.) 4. The country in which Job lived. Job 1:1 As far as we can gather, "the land of Uz" la...

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Uzal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Joktan's sixth son (Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21). The capital of the Yemen (Arabia Felix) was originally Awzal (now San'a), anciently the most flourishing of Arab communities, its rivals being Sheba and Sephar. The Greek and Roman writers (Pliny, N. H. 12:16) call it Auzara, a city of the Gebanitae. Uzal is situated on an elevation, with ...

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Uz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

fertile land. (1.) The son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Gen. 10:23; 1 Chr. 1:17). (2.) One of the Horite "dukes" in the land of Edom (Gen. 36:28). (3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Gen. 22:21, R.V.)....

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Uzal in Hitchcock's Bible Names

wandering...

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Uzzi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

uz'-i ('uzzi, perhaps "my strength"): (1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (1 Ch 6:5,6,51 (Hebrew 5:31,32; 6:36); Ezr 7:4). (2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (1 Ch 7:2,3). (3) Head of a Benjamite family (1 Ch 7:7), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49). (4) Father of Elah, ...

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