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(Heb. Uzzi', òֻæַּé , strong [or my, strength, or contr. for Uzziah]; Sept. Ï᾿æß , with occasional v.r.; Vulg. Ozi or A zzi) the name of six Hebrews.
1. First named of the six sons of Tola son of Issachar (1Ch_7:2), and father of five sons who became military chiefs (1Ch_7:3). B.C. post 1874.
2. Second named of the five sons of Bela son of Benjamin, and, like the preceding ‘one, chief warrior (1Ch_7:7). B.C. post 1874.
3. A high-priest, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah (1Ch_6:5-6; 1Ch_6:51; Ezr_7:4). B.C. cir.1400. Josephus in one passage (Ant. 5, 11, 5) gives his name and position correctly ( ῎Ïæéò , Ozis); but in another (Ant. 8:1, 3) he calls either him or his son Joatham ( É᾿ùÜèáìïò ).
4. Son of Michri and father of Elah among the ancestors of a Benjamite family in Jerusalem after the Exile (1Ch_9:8). B.C. ante 536
5. Son of Bani, chief of the Levites at Jerusalem after the Captivity (Neh_11:22). B.C. 536. 6. A priest, head of the “course” of Jedaiah in the time of the high-priest Joiakim (Neh_12:19). B.C. cir. 500. He was probably the same with one of the priests who sang at the consecration of the new walls of Jerusalem (Neh_12:42).