עֻזִּיָּה
ʻUzzîyâh · ooz-zee-yaw'
Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֻזִּיָּהוּ; from H5797 (עֹז) and H3050 (יָהּ); strength of Jah;
Uzzijah, 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: Uzziah.
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
- 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)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֻזִּיָּה 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of uzziah11 · 41%
- uzziah6 · 22%
- and uzziah3 · 11%
- moreover uzziah2 · 7%
- was uzziah1 · 4%
- to uzziah1 · 4%
- unto him, it appertaineth not unto thee, uzziah1 · 4%
- then uzziah1 · 4%
- so uzziah1 · 4%
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.