אוּרִיָּה
ʼÛwrîyâh · oo-ree-yaw'
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ; from H217 (אוּר) and H3050 (יָהּ); flame of Jah;
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Uriah, Urijah.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוּרִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- uriah9 · 23%
- of uriah6 · 15%
- urijah4 · 10%
- and uriah3 · 8%
- to uriah2 · 5%
- and urijah2 · 5%
- of urijah2 · 5%
- me uriah1 · 3%
- and when uriah1 · 3%
- but uriah1 · 3%
- unto uriah1 · 3%
- so uriah1 · 3%
- ye uriah1 · 3%
- that uriah1 · 3%
- that uriah's1 · 3%
- to urijah1 · 3%
- so urijah1 · 3%
- but when urijah1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.