International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Uzzi

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Uzzi


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uz´ı̄ (עזּי, ‛uzzı̄, perhaps “my strength”):

(1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (, , (Hebrew 5:31, 32; 6:36); ).

(2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (, ).

(3) Head of a Benjamite family (), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49).

(4) Father of Elah, a Benjamite (), perhaps the same as (5).

(5) A son of Bani and overseer of the Levitea in Jerusalem ().

(6) Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah (, ).