Lexical Definition

‎אוּרִיאֵל‎ ʼÛwrîyʼêl (oo-ree-ale') Uriel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אוּר‎ and ‎אֵל‎; flame of God

Uriel.

• § Uriel = "God (El) is my light"
• Uriel, the name of two Israelites

1) chief of the Levitical line of Kohath in David's time
2) maternal grandfather of Abijah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אוּרִיאֵל‎ proper name, masculine (flame of El or my light is El, see ‎אֵל‎ below ‎אלה‎; compare Phoenician ‎ארמלך‎ in Assyrian Urumilki (Sen^{Taylor Cylind.ii.50}, compare COT^{2Kgs 18:13}))

1. chief of Levitical line of Kohath, in time of David 1Chr 6:9*; 1Chr 15:5; 1Chr 15:11.

2. maternal grandfather of Abijah 2Chr 13:2.

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