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(Heb. Uzza', òֻæּà , strength), the name of three Hebrews. SEE UZZAH.
1. (Sept. Á᾿æÜ ;-Vulg. Oza.) First named of the two sons of Ehud the Benjamite, born to him after the removal of his former children (1Ch_8:7). B.C. ante 1612. SEE SHAHARAIM.
2. (Sept. Ï᾿æÜ ; Vulg. Aza.) Apparently the proprietor of a garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried (2Ki_21:18; 2Ki_21:26). B.C. ante 642. See below.
3. (Sept. Á᾿æÜ v. . Á᾿æώ , Á᾿æß , etc.; Vulg. Aza.) The head of a family of Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 3 49; Neh_7:51). B.C. ante 536.