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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אוּרִיָּה

אוּרִיָּה

H223

Transliteration: ʼÛwrîyâh

Pronunciation: oo-ree-yaw'

Definition: Uriah


Original: אוּריּהוּ אוּריּה

Transliteration: 'ûrı̂yâh 'ûrı̂yâhû

Phonetic: oo-ree-yaw'

BDB Definition:

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
  4. a prophet slain by Jehoiakim

Origin: from H217" class="dictionary-topic-link">H217 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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