Hebrew word · H5813

עֻזִּי

'uzi

Uzzi

Appears 11 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.5;

son of: Bukki (H1231H);

father of: Zerahiah (H2228)

§ Uzzi = "strong"

1) a Levite, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah in the line of the high priest although apparently never high priest himself

2) son of Tola and grandson of Issachar

3) a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a family of Benjamin

4) son of Michri and father of Elah and an ancestor of a family of returned exiles settling in Jerusalem. Maybe same as 3

5) a Levite, son of Bani, and an overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

6) a priest, chief of the father's house of Jedaiah, in the time of Joiakim the high priest

7) one of the priests who helped Ezra in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Maybe same as 6

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

1 Chronicles · 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:5 עֻזִּֽי׃ Uzzi

    Abishua was the father of Bukki, Bukki was the father of Uzzi,

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:6 וְעֻזִּי֙ and Uzzi

    Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:51 עֻזִּ֥י Uzzi

    Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

  4. 1 Chronicles 7:2 עֻזִּ֡י Uzzi

    The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

  5. 1 Chronicles 7:3 עֻזִּ֖י Uzzi

    The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

  6. 1 Chronicles 7:7 וְעֻזִּ֡י and Uzzi

    The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.

  7. 1 Chronicles 9:8 עֻזִּ֖י Uzzi

    Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 7:4 עֻזִּ֖י Uzzi

    the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

Nehemiah · 3

  1. Nehemiah 11:22 עֻזִּ֤י [was] Uzzi

    Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

  2. Nehemiah 12:19 עֻזִּֽי׃ Uzzi

    of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

  3. Nehemiah 12:42 וְעֻזִּ֛י and Uzzi

    and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

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