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Urijah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the lord is my light. (1.) A high priest in the time of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an idolatrous altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be set up instead of the brazen altar. (2.) One of the priests who stood at the right hand of Ezra's pulpit when he read and expounded the law (Neh. 8:4). (3.) A pr...

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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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Tubal in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the earth; the world; confusion...

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Tychicus in Naves Topical Bible

-(An Asian companion of Paul) -Accompanies Paul from Greece to Asia Ac 20:4 -With Paul in Nicopolis Tit 3:12 -With Paul in Rome, with postscripts to Ephesians and Colossians Eph 6:21,22; Col 4:7,8 -Paul's amanuensis (copyist) in writing to the Ephesians and Colossians, see the postscripts to Ephesians and Colossians -Sent to Ephesus Eph...

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Tyrannus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose "school" at Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with those who came to him (Acts 19:9). Some have supposed that he was a Jew, and that his "school" was a private synagogue....

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Tychicus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(fateful) and Troph'imus (nutritious), companions of St. Paul on some of his journeys, are mentioned as natives of Asia. Ac 20:4; 21:29; 2Ti 4:20 (A.D. 54-64.) There is much probability in the conjecture that Tychicus and Trophimus were the two brethren who were associated with Titus. 2Co 8:16-24 in conducting the business of the collection fo...

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Tubal-cain in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tu'-bal-kan (tubhal qayin): One of the sons of Lamech (Gen 4:22). He is a brother of Jabal and Jubal, who appear to have been the founders of several industries and articles The text (loTesh kol choresh nechosheth u-bharzel) has been the cause of endless dispute. Holzinger and Gunkel hold that laTash was a marginal gloss to charash, and that, ...

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