Uzzah
עֻזָּאStrong’s H5798uzza (uz-za)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Uzza is the Hebrew word usually translated “uzzah”, “on uzzah” and “against uzzah”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.”
Meaning
- A man slain by Jehovah for touching the sacred ark
- A Benjamite of the sons of Ehud
- Ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- The garden where kings Manasseh and Amon of Judah were buried
- A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.29
- A man of the tribe of Benjamin living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.7
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.49
How it's translated
- uzzah 8
- and uzzah 2
- on uzzah 2
- against uzzah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 6
- 2 Samuel 4
- 2 Kings 2
- Ezra 1
- Nehemiah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 6:6And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
- 2 Samuel 6:7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
- 2 Samuel 6:8And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
- 2 Kings 21:18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Kings 21:26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 6:29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
Hebrew dictionary
עֻזָּא uzza · Uzzah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.3; son of: Abinadab (H0041); brother of: Eleazar (H0499H) and Ahio (H0283); also called Perez-uzzah at 2Sa.6.8; Also named: pe.rets uz.za (פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא "Perez-uzzah" H6560H) § Uzza or Uzzah = "strength" 1) a man slain by Jehovah for touching the sacred ark 2) a Benjamite of the sons of Ehud 3) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 4) the garden where kings Manasseh and Amon of Judah were buried
עֻזָּה uzzah · Uzzah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.29; son of: Shimei (H8096M); father of: Shimea (H8092) § Uzza or Uzzah = "strength" a Merarite Levite
עֻזָּא uzza · Uzza
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.7; son of: Ehud (H0164); brother of: Naaman (H5283J), Ahijah (H0281K), Gera (H1617J) and Ahihud (H0284) § Uzza or Uzzah = "strength" a Merarite Levite
עֻזָּא uzza · Uzza
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.49 § Uzza or Uzzah = "strength" a Merarite Levite
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.