Topic
Uzzi
12 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 6:5Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest — Son of Bukki
And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
- 1 Chronicles 7:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Grandson of Issachar
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand…
- 1 Chronicles 7:3Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Grandson of Issachar
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Grandson of Benjamin
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
- 1 Chronicles 9:8Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Son of Michri
And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
- Ezra 7:4Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest — Son of Bukki
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
- Nehemiah 11:22Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. An overseer of the Levites
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 12:19Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 6. A priest in the time of Nehemiah
And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
- Nehemiah 12:42Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 6. A priest in the time of Nehemiah
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
- 1 Chronicles 6:51Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest — Son of Bukki
Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:6ISBE · Nave 1. A priest — Son of Bukki
And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
- 1 Chronicles 6:61Smith
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
The Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4).
(2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chr. 7:2, 3).
(3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7).
(4.) A Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8).
(5.) A son of Bani. He had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22).
(6.) The head of the house of Jedaiah, one of “the chief of the priests” (Neh. 12:19).
(7.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
- Son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah, in the line of the high priests. (1 Chronicles 6:5,61; Ezra 7:4) Though Uzzi was the lineal ancestor of Zadok, it does not appear that he was ever high priest. He must have been contemporary with, but rather earlier than, Eli. (B.C. before 1161.)
- Son of Tola the son of Issachar. (1 Chronicles 7:2,3) (B.C. 1706.)
- Son of Bela, of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:7) (B.C. 1706.)
- Another, or the same, from whom descended some Benjamite houses, which were settled at Jerusalem after the return from captivity. (1 Chronicles 9:8)
- A Levite, son of Bani and overseer of the Levites dwelling at Jerusalem, in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 11:22)
- A priest, chief of the father’s house of Jedaiah, in the time of Joiakim the high priest. (Nehemiah 12:19) (B.C. about 500.)
- One of the priests who assisted Ezra in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:42) Perhaps the same as the preceding. (B.C. 446.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 12 references
uz'-i ('uzzi, perhaps "my strength"):
(1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (1Ch 6:5,6,51 (Hebrew 5:31,32; 6:36); Ezr 7:4).
(2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (1Ch 7:2,3).
(3) Head of a Benjamite family (1Ch 7:7), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49).
(4) Father of Elah, a Benjamite (1Ch 9:8), perhaps the same as (5).
(5) A son of Bani and overseer of the Levitea in Jerusalem (Ne 11:22).
(6) Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah (Ne 12:19,42).
David Francis Roberts
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.