Lexical Definition

‎אוּרִיָּה‎ ʼÛwrîyâh (oo-ree-yaw') Uriah ^N:N-M-P
or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ʼÛwrîyâhûw (oo-ree-yaw'-hoo) ; from ‎אוּר‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; flame of Jah

Uriah, Urijah.

• § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"
• Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites

1) Hittite husband of Bathsheba
2) a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar
3) a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
4) a prophet slain by Jehoiakim

See Greek: Οὐρίας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אוּרִיָּה‎ proper name, masculine (flame of Yah or my light is Yah see ‎יָהּ‎).

1. Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2Sam 11:3f; 2Sam 23:39.

2. priest in reign of Ahaz Isa 8:2; 2Kgs 16:10f.

3. priest in time of Nehemiah Ezra 8:33; Neh 3:4; Neh 3:21; Neh 8:4.

‎אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ‎ proper name, masculine (flame of Yahweh or my light is Yahweh see ‎יהוה‎) a prophet slain by Jehoiakim Jer 26:20.

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