Uzza עֻזָּא

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Uzza
עֻזָּא
Transliterationuzza
Strong's numberH5798 (H5798A, H5798I, H5798G, H5798B, H5798H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossUzzah
Occurrences14 in 14 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (6)

Uzza (Hebrew עֻזָּא, Strong's H5798) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Uzzah”. It occurs 14 times.

Definition

H5798A: 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

H5798I: Uzza

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.49
§ Uzza or Uzzah = "strength"
a Merarite Levite

H5798G: (Garden of) Uzza

Combined with gan (גַּן "garden" H1588)
§ Uzza or Uzzah = "strength"
a Merarite Levite

H5798B: 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

H5798H: 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVuzza (10), uzzah (4)
BSBuzza (5), uzzah (4), against uzzah (4)

Verses

Every verse with Uzza, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Samuel

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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