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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עֻזִּי
עֻזִּי
H5813
Transliteration: ʻUzzîy
Pronunciation: ooz-zee'
Definition: Uzzi
Original: עזּי Transliteration: ‛ûzzı̂y Phonetic: ooz-zee'
BDB Definition:
Uzzi = "strong"- a Levite, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah in the line of the high priest although apparently never high priest himself
- son of Tola and grandson of Issachar
- a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a family of Benjamin
- son of Michri and father of Elah and an ancestor of a family of returned exiles settling in Jerusalem. Maybe same as 3
- a Levite, son of Bani, and an overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
- a priest, chief of the father's house of Jedaiah, in the time of Joiakim the high priest
- one of the priests who helped Ezra in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Maybe same as 6