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Lexicon :: Strong's H223 - 'ûrîyâ

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אוּרִיָּה
Transliteration
'ûrîyâ
Pronunciation
oo-ree-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אוּרִיָּה ʼÛwrîyâh, oo-ree-yaw'; or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ʼÛwrîyâhûw ; from H217 and H3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites:—Uriah, Urijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H223 in the following manner: Uriah (28x), Urijah (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H223 in the following manner: Uriah (28x), Urijah (11x).

  1. Uriah or Urijah = "Jehovah (Yahweh) is my light (flame)"

    1. Hittite husband of Bathsheba

    2. a priest who built king Ahaz' heathen altar

    3. a priest who rebuilt Jerusalem's wall

    4. a prophet slain by Jehoiakim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּרִיָּה ʼÛwrîyâh, oo-ree-yaw'; or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ʼÛwrîyâhûw ; from H217 and H3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites:—Uriah, Urijah.
STRONGS H223: Abbreviations
אוּרִיָּה proper name, masculine (flame of Yah or my light is Yah see H3050 יָהּ).
1. Hittite husband of Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11:3f; 2 Samuel 23:39.
2. priest in reign of Ahaz Isaiah 8:2; 2 Kings 16:10f.
3. priest in time of Nehemiah Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:4, 21; Nehemiah 8:4.

† אוּרִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (flame of Yahweh or my light is Yahweh see H3068 יהוה) a prophet slain by Jehoiakim Jeremiah 26:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

11:3; 23:39

2 Kings

16:10

Ezra

8:33

Nehemiah

3:4; 3:21; 8:4

Isaiah

8:2

Jeremiah

26:20

H223

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H223 matches the Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ûrîyâ),
which occurs 39 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:3 - He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6 - Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.[fn]” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What’s the matter? Why didn’t you go home last night after being away for so long?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents,[fn] and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:12 - “Well, stay here today,” David told him, “and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 - So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Wasn’t Abimelech son of Gideon[fn] killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?’ Then tell him, ‘Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:24 - the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king’s men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:15 - After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:39 - Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:5 - For David had done what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight and had obeyed the LORD’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:11 - Uriah followed the king’s instructions and built an altar just like it, and it was ready before the king returned from Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - He told Uriah the priest, “Use the new altar[fn] for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people, as well as their grain offerings and liquid offerings. Sprinkle the blood from all the burnt offerings and sacrifices on the new altar. The bronze altar will be for my personal use only.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:16 - Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:41 - Uriah the Hittite;
Zabad son of Ahlai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed at the Temple of our God and entrusted to Meremoth son of Uriah the priest and to Eleazar son of Phinehas, along with Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui—both of whom were Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:4 - Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the next section of wall. Beside him were Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, and then Zadok son of Baana.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz rebuilt another section of the wall extending from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform that had been made for the occasion. To his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. To his left stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - At this time Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim was also prophesying for the LORD. And he predicted the same terrible disaster against the city and nation as Jeremiah did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:21 - When King Jehoiakim and the army officers and officials heard what he was saying, the king sent someone to kill him. But Uriah heard about the plan and escaped in fear to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.
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