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(Heb. Uri', àåּøַé , fiery [comp. ( Öùôéíüò ]), the name of three Israelites.
1. (Sept. Ïὐñß or Ïὐñßáò .) The father of Bezaleel, one of the architects of the tabernacle (Exo_31:2; Exo_35:30; Exo_38:22; 1 Chronicles 2, 20; 2Ch_1:5). B.C. ante 1657. He was of the tribe of Judah, and grandson of Caleb ben-Hezron, his father being Hur, who, according to tradition, was the husband of Miriam.
2. (Sept. Á᾿äáú v.) The father of Geber, Solomon's commissariat officer in Gilead (1Ki_4:19) B.C. ante 1010.
3. (Sept. ᾿Ùäïý ' v.r. ᾿ÙäïõÝ .) One of the gate-keepers of the Temple; who divorced his wife after the exile (Ezr_10:24). B.C. 458.