| Easton's Bible Dictionary The Lord is my strength. (1.) The son of Bukki, and a descendant of Aaron (1 Chronicles 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4). (2.) A grandson of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2, 3). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:7). (4.) A Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chronicles 9:8). (5.) A son of Bani. He had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Nehemiah 11:22). (6.) The head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Nehemiah 12:19). (7.) A priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:42). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia UZZI uz'-i ('uzzi, perhaps "my strength"):
(1) A descendant of Aaron and high priest, unknown apart from these sources (1 Chronicles 6:5, 6, 51 (Hebrew 5:31, 32; 6:36); Ezra 7:4).
(2) An eponym of a family of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:2, 3).
(3) Head of a Benjamite family (1 Chronicles 7:7), or more probably of a Zebulunite family (see Curtis, Chron., 145-49).
(4) Father of Elah, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 9:8), perhaps the same as (5).
(5) A son of Bani and overseer of the Levitea in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:22).
(6) Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah (Nehemiah 12:19, 42).
David Francis Roberts |  | Multi-Version Concordance Uzzi (11 Occurrences) 1 Chronicles 6:5 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:6 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:3 The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 9:8 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ezra 7:4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 12:19 and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 12:42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) |