Uzzi
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Uzzi is a biblical name meaning "the Lord
is my strength".
People with this name:
biblical:
modern:
Lord
Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feudal superior . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'by courtesy'...
is my strength".
People with this name:
biblical:
- ( in 1 Chr.Books of ChroniclesThe Books of Chronicles are part of the Hebrew Bible. In the Masoretic Text, it appears as the first or last book of the Ketuvim . Chronicles largely parallels the Davidic narratives in the Books of Samuel and the Books of Kings...
, Σαουια in EzraEzraEzra , also called Ezra the Scribe and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem...
; ), the son of Bukki, a descendant of AaronAaronIn the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Aaron : Ααρών ), who is often called "'Aaron the Priest"' and once Aaron the Levite , was the older brother of Moses, and a prophet of God. He represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first High Priest of the Israelites...
(1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4) - , a grandson of IssacharIssacharIssachar/Yissachar was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Leah , and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
(1 Chr. 7:2, 3) - , a son of Bela, and grandson of BenjaminBenjaminBenjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second and last son of Rachel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on...
(1 Chr. 7:7) - , a Benjamite, a chief in the tribe (1 Chr. 9:8)
- , a son of Bani, had the oversight of the Levites after the return from captivity (Neh. 11:22)
- , the head of the house of Jedaiah, one of "the chief of the priests" (Neh. 12:19)
- a priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42)
modern:
- Alin Adrian "Uzzi" Demeter, Romanian Hip-Hop artist, member of B.U.G. MafiaB.U.G. MafiaB.U.G. Mafia is a Romanian hip hop group from Pantelimon, Bucharest, widely regarded as one of the seminal acts of gangsta rap in Romania. Founded in 1993, it was among the first Romanian hip hop acts.The original line-up consisted of Vlad "Tataee" Irimia, Dragoş "Caddillac" Vlad-Neagu and two...