עֻזָּא
ʻUzzâʼ · ooz-zaw'
Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֻזָּה; feminine of H5797 (עֹז); strength;
Uzza or Uzzah, the name of 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: Uzza, Uzzah.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain › strength, the leader
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֻזָּא 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of uzza4 · 29%
- uzza3 · 21%
- and uzzah1 · 7%
- uzzah1 · 7%
- against uzzah1 · 7%
- upon uzzah1 · 7%
- and uzza1 · 7%
- against uzza1 · 7%
- upon uzza1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
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.