Uriah
אוּרִיָּהStrong’s H0223uriyyah (u-riy-yah)
Appears in 33 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Uriyyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “uriah”. It appears in 33 verses of the Old Testament.
“And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
Meaning
- Hittite husband of Bathsheba
- A priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar
- A priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
- A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.26.20
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.16.10
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.33
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4
How it's translated
- uriah 37
- to uriah 1
- and uriah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 19
- 2 Kings 4
- Nehemiah 3
- Jeremiah 3
- 1 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 11:6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
- 2 Samuel 11:7And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- 2 Samuel 11:8And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
- 2 Samuel 11:9But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
- 2 Samuel 11:10And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
- 2 Samuel 11:11And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Hebrew dictionary
אוּרִיָּה uriyyah · Uriah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.11.3; married to Bathsheba (H1339) Also named: Ourias (Οὐρίας "Uriah" G3774) § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" 1) Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2) a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar 3) a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall
אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ uriyyahu · Uriah
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.26.20; son of: Shemaiah (H8098X) § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" a prophet slain by Jehoiakim
אוּרִיָּה uriyyah · Uriah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.16.10 § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" a prophet slain by Jehoiakim
אוּרִיָּה uriyyah · Uriah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.33; son of: Hakkoz (H6976J); father of: Meremoth (H4822) § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" a prophet slain by Jehoiakim
אוּרִיָּה uriyyah · Uriah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4 § Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)" a prophet slain by Jehoiakim
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.