Hebrew word · H5798

עֻזָּא

'uza'

Uzzah

Appears 14 times in 14 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.3;

son of: Abinadab (H0041);

brother of: Eleazar (H0499H) and Ahio (H0283); also called Perez-uzzah at 2Sa.6.8;

Also named: pe.rets uz.za (פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא "Perez-uzzah" H6560H)

§ Uzza or Uzzah = "strength"

1) a man slain by Jehovah for touching the sacred ark

2) a Benjamite of the sons of Ehud

3) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

4) the garden where kings Manasseh and Amon of Judah were buried

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 4

  1. 2 Samuel 6:3 וְעֻזָּ֣א and Uzzah

    They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

  2. 2 Samuel 6:6 עֻזָּ֜א Uzzah

    When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

  3. 2 Samuel 6:7 בְּעֻזָּ֔ה on Uzzah

    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

    Here: "Against Uzzah," one of the sons of Abinadab, in whose house the ark had been kept (6:3; 1 Samuel 7:1). The anger has one named target, although the whole procession is present.

  4. 2 Samuel 6:8 בְּעֻזָּ֑ה against Uzzah

    Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

2 Kings · 2

  1. 2 Kings 21:18 עֻזָּ֑א Uzzah

    And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

  2. 2 Kings 21:26 עֻזָּ֑א Uzzah

    And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles · 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:29 עֻזָּ֥ה Uzzah

    The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:7 עֻזָּ֖א Uzzah

    Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

  3. 1 Chronicles 13:7 וְעֻזָּ֣א and Uzzah

    So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.

  4. 1 Chronicles 13:9 עֻזָּ֜א Uzzah

    When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

  5. 1 Chronicles 13:10 בְּעֻזָּ֔א on Uzzah

    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

  6. 1 Chronicles 13:11 בְּעֻזָּ֑א against Uzzah

    Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

    Here: 'Against Uzza.' Here the prefix bə- means hostile contact, the same 'against' as in verse 10. Uzza was one of the men driving the cart (v. 7). His name comes from a root meaning 'strength.'

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 2:49 עֻזָּ֥א Uzzah

    the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai,

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 7:51 עֻזָּ֖א Uzzah

    the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah,

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