Lexical Definition

‎עֻזָּא‎ ʻUzzâʼ (ooz-zaw') Uzzah ^N:N-M-P
or עֻזָּה ʻUzzâh (ooz-zaw'); feminine of ‎עֹז‎; strength

Uzza, Uzzah.

• § Uzza or Uzzah = "strength"
• Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites

n pr m
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) a Merarite Levite
n pr loc
5) the garden where kings Manasseh and Amon of Judah were buried

Extended Information

part of: גַּן

• Combined with gan (‎ג‎ַּ‎ן‎ "garden" גַּן)
• a Merarite Levite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֻזָּא‎ proper name, masculine Οζα, Αζα :

1. driver of the ark 2Sam 6:3 = ‎עֻזָּה‎ v2Sam 6:6 v2Sam 6:7 v2Sam 6:8 = ‎עֻזָּא‎ 1Chr 13:7; 1Chr 13:9; 1Chr 13:10; 1Chr 13:11.

2. in ‎גַּןעֻֿזָּא‎ burial-place of Manasseh and Amon 2Kgs 21:18; 2Kgs 21:26 (‎׳‎‎ע‎ perhaps = ‎עֻזִּיָּה‎, compare Sta^{G i. 569, ii. 679} Kit).

3. Benjamite name 1Chr 8:7.

4. head of family of returned exiles Ezra 2:49 = Neh 7:51.

‎עֻזָּה‎

proper name, masculine 1. Levite name 1Chr 6:14*, Οζ(ι)α, Αζα.

2. see ‎עֻזָּא‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References