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Uzal in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Joktan Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21...

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Uzzah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). He with his brother Ahio drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah, in direct violation of the divine law ...

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Uz in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

uz (uts 'erets uts; Os, Ox, Ausitis): Biblical Data: (1) In Gen 10:23 Uz is the oldest son of Aram and grandson of Shem, while in 1 Ch 1:17 Uz is the son of Shem. Septuagint inserts a passage which supplies this lacking name. As the tables of the nations in Gen 10 are chiefly geographical and ethnographical, Uz seems to have been the name of a...

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Uzal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(separate), the sixth son of Joktan, Ge 10:27; 1Ch 1:21 whose settlements are clearly traced in the ancient name of San'a, the capital city of the Yemen (a district of Arabia), which was originally Awzal. From its position in the centre of the best portion of that kingdom it must always have been an important city. (San'a is situated about 150...

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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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