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Ucal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Agur spoke his words to Ithiel ("God with me"), and Ucal his disciples. (See ITHIEL.) From yakol "he was strong." Keil, guesses that Ithiel, "God with me," denotes those glorying in intimate communion with God, and a higher insight thereby. Ucal, "I am strong," denotes those boasting of their might and denying God; freethinkers fancying themse...

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Uriah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

u-ri'-a, u-ri'-ja ('uriyah, in Jer 26:20 'uriyahu, "flame of Yahweh" or "my light is Yahweh"; the Septuagint and the New Testament Our(e)ias, with variants; the King James Version has Urijah in 2 Ki 16:10-16; Neh 3:4,21; 8:4; Jer 26:20): (1) A Hittite, who had settled in Jerusalem at the time of David and who had entered David's service. He had...

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Uriel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the fire of God), an angel named only in 2 Esdr. 4:1,36; 5:20; 10:28....

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Urijah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See URIAH.)...

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Ucal in Hitchcock's Bible Names

power...

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Uriah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. One of David's mighty men 2Sa 23:39; 1Ch 11:41 David's adultery with the wife of 2Sa 11:2-5; 1Ki 15:5 Summoned from seat of war by David 2Sa 11:6-13 Noble spirit of 2Sa 11:11 David compasses the death of 2Sa 11:14-25 David marries the widow of 2Sa 11:26,27 Called URIAS (A. V.) Mt 1:6 -2. A priest The father of Meremoth Ezr 8:33 ...

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Uriel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

God is my light. (1.) A Levite of the family of Kohath (1 Chr. 6:24). (2.) The chief of the Kohathites at the time when the ark was brought up to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:5, 11). (3.) The father of Michaiah, one of Rehoboam's wives, and mother of Abijah (2 Chr. 13:2)....

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Unni in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

un'-i (`unni, meaning unknown): (1) One of "the twelve brethren" (so Curtis for the Revised Version (British and American) "brethren of the second degree") appointed as singers (1 Ch 15:18,20). (2) In Neh 12:9 (Kethibh `unno) = the Revised Version (British and American) UNNO (which see)....

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Uriah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(light of Jehovah). 1. One of the thirty commanders of the thirty bands into which the Israelite army of David was divided. 1Ch 11:41; 2Sa 23:39 Like others of David's officers he was a foreigner--a Hittite. His name, however and his manner of speech 2Sa 11:11 indicate that he had adopted the Jewish religion. He married Bath-sheba a woman of ...

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Uriel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath (1 Chronicles 6:24); if the lists proceeded from father to son, without omission of intermediate links in the genealogy, Uriel would answer to Zephaniah son of Tahath (1 Chronicles 6:36). 2. Chief of the Kohathites under David (1 Chronicles 15:5; 1 Chronicles 15:11), with 120 brethren brought up the ark f...

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